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Culty shit is everywhere—and this book shows you how to spot it, escape it, and heal from it.
From former NXIVM insiders turned whistleblowers and hosts of the hit podcast A Little Bit Culty comes a gripping, practical, and surprisingly hopeful guide to understanding how manipulative people and systems get…

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1 author picked A Little Bit Culty as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

There is much that resonated with me about this book, which is part memoir and part cult guidebook.

Sarah Edmonson and Anthony “Nippy” Ames, both ex-cult members of NXVIM, share their personal experiences and highlight stories of several people who were also involved in cults.

They expose the fascinating similarities in the different types of cults and offer tips to see through the many ways people are manipulated into participating in a cult-like group.

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