![]() If you have any interest in Jonestown specifically, or indoctrination in general, or if you like to read about resilience against impossible odds, read this book! Deborah’s fear, sorrow, and fumbling are portrayed realistically. I must also say that Kathe Mazur’s performance was superb! Her depiction of Jones – in either his caring or brutal persona – was chilling and believable. Deborah Layton laid herself bare in “Seductive Poison,” detailing how she herself got drawn in to Jones’ orbit, her rise to power in Peoples’ Temple, her disillusion, escape, and putting her life back together. A couple of years back I read Julia Scheeres’ “A Thousand Lives” (a brilliant book in its own right), a thorough journalistic look at Jones and his followers. It is unforgettable.” Praise from Audible Reviewers (US)įor years I have been curious about Jonestown – more about the people who followed Jim Jones to their deaths than about the man himself. This book sends the reader into the heart of Jonestown, and her breathtaking and harrowing escape. She has the emotional ability to put herself right back into the story, while still maintaining a remarkable clarity and insight, and these two things are hallmarks of her writing. ![]() One doesn’t expect someone who has been duped into joining a cult, and lived for 7 years under Jim Jones’ tyrannical and psychotic rule to be inspiring, courageous and smart, but Deborah is a completely authentic and reliable protagonist, living through the worst kind of terror and tragedy. Deborah is smart, funny, and compassionate. ![]() It is a fascinating book, and it was one of the most remarkable experiences I have had as a narrator, to record it with her input in the studio. Layton’s harrowing and gripping true story of her escape from Jonestown, and her years in Jim Jones’ inner circle reads like a thriller. “I had the thrill and the honor of narrating Deborah Layton’s phenomenal memoir, Seductive Poison, for Random House Audio.
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