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Shoes of a Servant

Written by: Diane Benscoter
Narrated by: Diane Benscoter
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Diane Benscoter grew up in the heartland of America in a small Nebraska town with a loving family. At 17, motivated by her idealism and inspired by the lyrics of her favorite songs, she left home in search of a way to end war. She found easy answers to life's hard questions in the form of a religious cult commonly known as the Moonies. In Shoes of a Servant Benscoter weaves a gripping story of her servitude in the cult, the deprogramming staged by her desperate family, and her subsequent involvement in the underground world of deprogramming, culminating in her arrest for kidnapping. Often humorous and always heartbreaking, Benscoter's story carries the reader on a journey into the world of mental manipulation, providing compelling insight on how human vulnerabilities open the door for extremism.

©2013 Diane Benscoter (P)2014 Diane Benscoter

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Learning from manipulation

Diane delivers her amazing experience with candor and much detail. Shows how easily anyone can get enmeshed in a cult and how to gain discernment to exit and live an enriched life.

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not as interesting as hoped

narrator wasnt to bad but not great. the story had me somewhat interested but also felt like this story was pretty empty.

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