false <![CDATA[Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg 4589384 4 In this colorful, eye-opening memoir, Jayanti Tamm offers an unforgettable glimpse into the hidden world of growing up “cult” in mainstream America. Through Jayanti’s fascinating story–the first book to chronicle Sri Chinmoy–she unmasks a leader who convinces thousands of disciples to follow him, scores of nations to dedicate monuments to him, and throngs of celebrities (Sting, Pope John Paul II, Nelson Mandela) to extol him.<br><br>When the short, bald man in flowing robes prophesizes Jayanti to be the “Chosen One,” her life is forever entwined with the charismatic guru Sri Chinmoy, who declares himself a living god. A god who performs sit-ups and push-ups in front of thousands as holy ritual, protects himself with a platoon of bodyguards, and bans books, TV, and sex. Jayanti’s unusual and increasingly bizarre childhood is spent shuttling between the ashram in Queens, New York, and her family’s outpost as “Connecticut missionaries.” On the path to enlightenment decreed by Guru, Jayanti scrubs animal cages in his illegal basement zoo, cheerleads as he weight lifts an elephant in her front yard, and trails him around the world as he pursues celebrities such as Princess Diana and Mother Teresa. <br><br>But, when her need for enlightenment is derailed by her need for boys, Jayanti risks losing everything that she has ever known, including the person that she was ordained to be. With tenderness, insight, and humor, Jayanti explores the triumphs and trauma of an insider who longs to be an outsider, her hard-won decision to finally break free, and the unique challenges she confronts as she builds a new life. 4638829 14 4 2009 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult total:119|5:14|4:39|3:44|2:19|1:3| 119 399 342 43 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 0 2 false Mon Apr 06 12:43:39 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 12:51:47 -0700 2009
I grew up in a similar cult: my family. My mother always told me exactly what to do and think. She also told me that I was not allowed to do thin...more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 2 2 false Mon Nov 17 17:08:39 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 12:46:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 3 1 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 20:43:07 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 20:43:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 2 1 false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 17:35:35 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 17:49:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 3 0 false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 19:08:09 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 19:08:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 4 0 false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 11:51:16 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 10:42:38 -0700 2009
The book's descriptions of those on the inside ...more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 3 0 false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 07:43:38 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 14:38:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 4 0 false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 08:26:23 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 08:39:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 1 3 false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 10:57:16 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 08:14:28 -0700 2009
Hypocrosies:
Pg. 277 - One phone message, and forever after Guru and his mission repossessed everything.

Huh...she still lived in her mother's house. She still communicated with her mother and father.

Pg. 281 - Nothing from my...more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 2 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 13:07:16 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 13:10:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jun 23 12:01:38 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 12:09:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 3 1 false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 16:24:44 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 16:50:57 -0700 2009 A strange tale of a girl born the "Chosen One" in a cult. Strangely, I found it light reading missing the depths of madness and brainwashing that I expected.

I didn't find the "guru", the cult leader named Sri Chinmoy, all that sinister or crazy. He just loved a...more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 3 0 false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 15:14:09 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 15:18:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 3 0 false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 09:45:49 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 07:56:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 4 0 false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 22:05:13 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 15:21:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 16:20:54 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 16:22:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 3 0 false Fri Dec 04 09:12:54 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 09:16:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 5 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 19:46:58 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 19:56:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 5 0 false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 05:57:22 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 05:59:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4589384 0307393925 9780307393920 118 43 Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255658005m/4589384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4589384.Cartwheels_in_a_Sari_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Cult 4 0 false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 11:40:43 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 11:43:42 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4589384