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SUMMARY:True Crime Book Club
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DESCRIPTION:Enjoy playing armchair detective?  Fascinated by cold cases?  
 This book club is for you!.\nhttps://hoover.libnet.info/event/9895305
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>To join via Zoom\, please click th
 is link: <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82712326805">https://us06web.z
 oom.us/j/82712326805</a></strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>They draw you in with t
 he promise of empowerment\, self-discovery\, women helping women. The more
  secretive those connections are\, the more exclusive you feel. Little did
  you know\, you just joined a cult.</p>\n<p>Sex trafficking. Self-help coa
 ching. Forced labour. Mentorship. Multi-level marketing. Gaslighting. Inve
 stigative journalist Sarah Berman explores the shocking practices of NXIVM
 \, a global organization run by Keith Raniere and his high-profile enabler
 s (Seagram heir Clare Bronfman\; <em>Smallville</em> actor Allison Mack\; 
 <em>Battlestar Galactica</em> actor Nicki Clyne). Through the accounts of 
 central NXIVM figures\, Berman unravels how young women seeking creative c
 oaching and networking opportunities found themselves blackmailed\, litera
 lly branded\, near-starved\, and enslaved. With the help of the Bronfman f
 ortune Raniere built a wall of silence around these abuses\, leveraging th
 e legal system to go after enemies and whistleblowers.</p>\n<p><em>Don't C
 all It a Cult</em> shows that these abuses looked very different from the 
 inside\, where young women initially received mentorship and protection. <
 em>Don't Call It a Cult</em> is a riveting account of NXIVM's rise to powe
 r\, its ability to evade prosecution for decades and the investigation tha
 t finally revealed its dark secrets to the world. It explores why so many 
 were drawn to its message of empowerment yet could not recognize its manip
 ulative and harmful leader for what he was&mdash\;a criminal.</p>\nhttps:/
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