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An inside account by the youngest member of Charles Manson's cult describes her indoctrination at age fourteen and the manipulation, psychological control, and physical abuse that she endured before she was rescued and adopted by the police officer who arrested her. / / An inside account by the youngest member of Charles Manson's cult describes her involuntary indoctrination by her parents at age 14 and the manipulation, psychological control and physical abuse that she endured before she was rescued and adopted by the police officer who arrested her. 100,000 first printing. / / At age 14, I became one of Charles Manson's Girls. At 17 I helped put him in prison. This is my story. / At fourteen Dianne Lake-with little more than a note in her pocket from her hippie parents granting her permission to leave them-became one of "Charlie's girls," a devoted acolyte of cult leader Charles Manson. In this poignant and disturbing memoir of lost innocence, coercion, survival, and healing, Dianne Lake chronicles her years with Charles Manson, revealing for the first time how she became the youngest member of his Family and offering new insights into one of the twentieth century's most notorious criminals and life as one of his "girls." / Over the course of two years, the impressionable teenager endured manipulation, psychological control, and physical abuse as the harsh realities and looming darkness of Charles Manson's true nature revealed itself. From Spahn ranch and the group acid trips, to the Beatles' White Album and Manson's dangerous messiah-complex, Dianne tells the riveting story of the group's descent into madness as she lived it. / Though she never participated in any of the group's gruesome crimes and was purposely insulated from them, Dianne was arrested with the rest of the Manson Family, and eventually learned enough to join the prosecution's case against them. With the help of good Samaritans, including the cop who first arrested her and later took her into his home, the courageous young woman eventually found redemption and grew up to lead an ordinary life. / While much has been written about Charles Manson, this riveting account from an actual Family member is a chilling portrait that recreates in vivid detail one of the most horrifying and fascinating chapters in modern American history. / Member of the Family includes 16 pages of photographs.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Author's Note ix

Prologue 1 (8)

PART I TURN ON

 

1 A Minnesota Childhood

9 (11)

2 Family Matters

20 (10)

3 One Stray Ash

30 (9)

4 California

39 (7)

5 How to Be-In

46 (18)

6 Hippies in Newsprint

64 (23)

7 The Note

87 (20)

8 Welcome to the Hog Farm

107 (14)

9 Someone Groovy

121 (12)

PART II TUNE IN

 

10 The Black Bus

133 (14)

11 We Are All One

147 (20)

12 Panhandling and Postulating

167 (18)

13 Snake

185 (14)

14 Spahn Ranch

199 (12)

15 Beach Boy

211 (21)

16 A Little Monkey

232 (13)

17 A Door Closes

245 (12)

18 On the Edge

257 (11)

19 Baking Soda Biscuits

268 (12)

20 Out of Sight

280 (10)

21 Preaching the White Album

290 (15)

22 A Simple Bag of Coins

305 (10)

PART III DROP OUT

 

23 The Witches' Brew

315 (19)

24 Reclaiming My Name

334 (18)

25 My Day in Court

352 (23)

Epilogue 375 (10)

Acknowledgments 385