Member of the Family: Manson, Murder and Me,Dianne Lake

Following the recent death of Charles Manson \u2013 the leader of the sinister 60s cult \u2013 Dianne Lake reveals the true story of life with Manson and his \u2018family\u2019, who became notorious for a series of shocking murders during the summer of 1969.\n\nIn 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\u2019s most notorious criminals and life as one of his \u201Cgirls.\u201D\n\nAt age fourteen, Dianne Lake\u2014with little more than a note in her pocket from her hippie parents granting her permission to leave them\u2014became one of \u201CCharlie\u2019s girls,\u201D a devoted acolyte of cult leader Charles Manson. Over the course of two years, the impressionable teenager endured manipulation, psychological control, and physical abuse as the harsh .