Leah Remini has never been the type to hol d her tongue. That willingness to speak her mind\, stand her ground\, and rattle the occasional cage has enabled this tough-talking girl from Brookl yn to forge an enduring and successful career in Hollywood. But being a tr oublemaker has come at a cost.
\nThat was never more evident than in 2013\, when Remini loudly and publicly broke with the Church of Scientolo gy. Now\, in this frank\, funny\, poignant memoir\, the former \;King of Queens \;star opens up about that experience for the first time\, r evealing the in-depth details of her painful split with the church and its controversial practices.
\nIndoctrinated into the church as a child while living with her mother and sister in New York\, Remini eventually m oved to Los Angeles\, where her dreams of becoming an actress and advancin g Scientology's causes grew increasingly intertwined. As an adult\, she fo und the success she'd worked so hard for\, and with it a prominent place i n the hierarchy of celebrity Scientologists alongside people such as Tom C ruise\, Scientology's most high-profile adherent. Remini spent time direct ly with Cruise and was included among the guests at his 2006 wedding to Ka tie Holmes.
\nBut when she began to raise questions about some of th e church's actions\, she found herself a target. In the end\, she was decl ared by the church to be a threat to their organization and therefore a "S uppressive Person\," and as a result\, all of her fellow parishioners&mdas h\;including members of her own family&mdash\;were told to disconnect from her. Forever.
\nBold\, brash\, and bravely confessional\, \;Tro ublemaker \;chronicles Leah Remini's remarkable journey toward emotion al and spiritual freedom\, both for herself and for her family. This is a memoir designed to reveal the hard-won truths of a life lived honestly&mda sh\;from an author unafraid of the consequences.
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