Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

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1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An eye-opening, no-holds-barred memoir about
life in the Church of Scientology by the outspoken actress and star of the A&E
docuseries Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath Leah Remini has never
been the type to hold her tongue. That willingness to speak her mind, stand
her ground, and rattle the occasional cage has enabled this tough-talking girl
from Brooklyn to forge an enduring and successful career in Hollywood. But
being a troublemaker has come at a cost. That was never more evident than in
2013, when Remini loudly and publicly broke with the Church of Scientology.
Now, in this frank, funny, poignant memoir, the former King of Queens star
opens up about that experience for the first time, revealing the in-depth
details of her painful split with the church and its controversial practices.
Indoctrinated into the church as a child while living with her mother and
sister in New York, Remini eventually moved to Los Angeles, where her dreams
of becoming an actress and advancing Scientology’s causes grew increasingly
intertwined. As an adult, she found the success she’d worked so hard for, and
with it a prominent place in the hierarchy of celebrity Scientologists
alongside people such as Tom Cruise, Scientology’s most high-profile adherent.
Remini spent time directly with Cruise and was included among the guests at
his 2006 wedding to Katie Holmes. But when she began to raise questions about
some of the church’s actions, she found herself a target. In the end, she was
declared by the church to be a threat to their organization and therefore a
“Suppressive Person,” and as a result, all of her fellow
parishioners—including members of her own family—were told to disconnect from
her. Forever. Bold, brash, and bravely confessional, Troublemaker chronicles
Leah Remini’s remarkable journey toward emotional 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—from an author unafraid of the
consequences. Praise for Troublemaker “An aggressively honest memoir . . .
Troublemaker is the most raw and revealing Scientology memoir to
date.”—Entertainment Weekly “Leah’s story is a juicy, inside-Hollywood read,
but it’s more than that. It’s a moving story about the value of questioning
authority and how one woman survived a profound crisis of faith.”—People
“Remini [offers] up some juicy tidbits from her decades in the
church.”—Newsweek Read more

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Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ballantine Books; American First edition (November 3, 2015)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 110188696X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 60
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.17 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1.1 x 9.54 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #303,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #21 in Scientology #2,944 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies #8,729 in Memoirs (Books)
• #21 in Scientology
• #2,944 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies