Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple

In this haunting and riveting firsthand account, a survivor of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple opens up the shadowy world of cults and shows how anyone can fall under their spell.

A high-level member of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple for seven years, Deborah Layton escaped his infamous commune in the Guyanese jungle, leaving behind her mother, her older brother, and many friends. She returned to the United States with warnings of impending disaster, but her pleas for help fell on skeptical ears, and shortly thereafter, in November 1978, the Jonestown massacre shocked the world. Seductive Poison is both an unflinching historical document and a suspenseful story of intrigue, power, and murder.

Author: Deborah Layton
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 11/09/1999
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.28w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9780385489843
ISBN10: 0385489846
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Religious
- Religion | Cults
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs

About the Author
Deborah Layton was born in Tooele, Utah, in 1953. She grew up in Berkeley, California, and attended high school in Yorkshire, England. After her escape from Jonestown, Guyana, in May 1978, she worked on the trading floor of an investment banking firm in San Francisco. She lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area.