[Online] Author Talk: When the World Didn’t End by Guinevere Turner
Wednesday, October 18 at 6pm
Guinevere Turner’s memoir vividly recalls her unconventional upbringing in the Lyman Family cult. The isolated, hierarchical cult (made up of a network nation-wide of communes, including one on Martha's Vineyard) was led by the charismatic “Lord” Mel Lyman, who preached about the dangers of everyone outside their community, and an impending apocalypse. Slowly, Turner comes to understand the depth of the Family’s deception, and eventually embarks on a journey away from the cult and toward a successful screenwriting career (American Psycho, The Notorious Bettie Page, and most recently, Charlie Says).
Request the book through CLAMS here
Registration required, please email vhpl_programs@clamsnet.org for the Zoom invite.
This program is sponsored by the Martha’s Vineyard Library Association. |
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