BOOKSInfants

Life and Death in the People’s Temple Jim Jones Seductive Poison

I have never read a memoir that was this honest or this terrifying. Deborah Layton was a member of the People’s Temple for 7 years. She was one of Jim Jones trusted few. This is a true “insider account” of what happened.

Ms Layton has the rare ability of pulling the reader into the story. It allows you to feel and understand the working of a cult from the inside out.. You see the path that led her to Jones and the bravery it took for her to leave. As a confused and rebellious adolescent Layton was attracted to Jim Jones’ religious movement for its radical teachings on inter racialism and social justice. As a member of his inner circle, she saw things that made her secretly question him, though she remained faithful to his socialist vision. Layton paints a graphic picture of how Jones exercised confusing emotional, sexual and physical manipulation and abuse. This mixture of love, fear and a sense of purpose, the sense of working for a greater good, kept her there for seven years and kept others there until the end.

In December 1977 Layton (along with her Mother who had also joined) traveled to the new headquarters in Jonestown, Guyana. Upon arrival they discover that the residents were enduring a living hell. The conditions were appalling. Constant middle of the night suicide drills followed by 16 hour work days in unbearable heat. People are near starvation. There is a constant fear of being labeled a “traitor” and the punishment that would follow.

With no money, passport or way of contacting anyone on the outside Layton finds a way to escape. It’s heart pounding and terrifying. My hands were shaking as each new obstacle unfolded itself. She returns to the United States with dire warnings, trying to get help for her sick Mother who is still there. (Layton’s Mother died of cancer a few days before the “mass suicide”. She died with no pain killers. They were confiscated upon arrival in Jonestown and given to Jones) No one believes the people inside are being held hostage by the infamous Jones and his growing madness.

Only months after her escape, the Jonestown Mass Suicide/Murder occurred. Deborah Layton was one of the few who escaped. Her story is told in an honest and insightful way. It’s a riveting, nail biting, heart pounding, stay up all night book that reads like a novel.

About the Author

Tara is a Work from Home Mom who has continued to work independently in the Fashion Industry. As an entrepeneur Tara started out Mystery Shopping That began a career on ebay where she is now a powerseller. Still helping Moms Tara runs a website with money saving Retail Coupons http://funfreebiesandrewards.blogspot.com/, A work from home resources site http://thefashionchic.blogspot.com/ and a Beauty Blog http://funfashionforu.blogspot.com/. Click on any of the above for more information.

Tara Books – The handmade book process

DARK BLUE WORLD Tmavomodrý svet promo book Jan Sverak Tara Fitzgerald WW2 $11.99

1980 Rita Garvey Tara Schultz Clearwater Library Girl Student Books Press Photo $9.99

His Brother’s Bride (Cooper’s Corner, Book 3), Tara Taylor Quinn, Very Good Book $4.99

ROYAL TARA, Galway, BOOK OF KELLS Scalloped Oyster Dish $9.00

JEWISH HEBREW MUSIC book Cantor Moshe Ganchoff 1977 Tara Publications $9.99

JEWISH HEBREW MUSIC book Cantor Moshe Koussevitsky 1977 Tara Publications $9.99

Tara Road,VERYGOOD Book $4.43

Tara,ACCEPTABLE Book $5.83

Tara Irish Book of Kells – Fantasy Strategy Boad Game – by Murray Heasman $45.00

The Z’Mirot and Kumzitz Handbook (Tara Books) $1.98

The First Wife (Harlequin Super Romance), Tara Taylor Quinn, Good Book $1.00

Frommer’s Los Angeles Book | Tara de Lis NEW PB 1118027 $21.02

Tara Taylor Quinn The Sheriff of Shelter Valley (Super Romance) Book $4.19

The Promise of Christmas by Tara Taylor Quinn (2005,Paperback)3 OTHER BOOKS ALSO $0.99

Tara’s Destiny, Geraldine O’Neill, Acceptable Book $5.91

Lot 16 copies Tara Road by Maeve Binchy bookstore/reading group/Oprah Book Club $24.99

Tara Road by Maeve Binchy (1998, Book) Hardcover like new $17.09

**Lot of 11 Humorous books by Tara Janzen** $35.00

5 STEELE STREET Series Lot paperback romance suspense books by TARA JANZEN $17.99

Tara Road, Maeve Binchy, Good Book $1.56

Lake Champlain Islands, VT (IMG) (Images of America), Tara Liloia, Good Book $16.67

Tara Road by Maeve Binchy (1998, Book) $5.98

2006 Lonely Heart European Book Tour – Silkscreen Poster by Tara McPherson S/N $74.90

TARA JANZEN ~ CRAZY LOVE ~ HTF BCE HARDCOVER BOOK ~ $5.99

Tara Donovan book signed $150.00

Fleeing God: Fear, Call, and the Book of Jonah by Tara Soughers $4.98

On the Loose (Steele Street, Book 7) by Tara Janzen $3.99

United States of Tara Rare Publicity Book 3 episodes Stephen Spielberg 3 D Cover $9.95

ROYAL TARA Galway BOOK OF KELLS Scalloped Oyster Dish $19.96

T-ara TARA /Mini Album Vol.5 ‘Funky Town ;Lovey-Dovey’ CD w/ PHOTO BOOK NEW $13.99

TARA WARD – 3 x Books – HEALING HANDBOOK, PSYCHIC POWERS, MEDITATION & DREAMWORK $23.71

Lennox Morrison Re-inventing Tara Book $4.09

Tara Road (Oprah’s Book Club), Maeve Binchy, Very Good, Mass Market Paperback $5.98

Tara Road by Maeve Binchy (1998, Book) $0.99

Tara Road (Oprah’s Book Club) $1.49

RUDSAK fashion Catalog Lookbook look book 2012 – Tara Gill $8.00

The Heart of Christmas (Super Romance), Tara Taylor Quinn, Good Book $1.56

In Plain Sight by Tara Taylor Quinn (2006, Paperback) See 3 Pictures of the Book $0.99

Tara Guest Book Signing Pen, Things Remembered, New $8.00

[backlinksmage]