Through a series of interviews with survivors, author Leigh Fondakowski presents a compelling account of life with Jim Jones in Guyana. Stories from Jonestown documents the research behind that production. The Laramie Project, one of the most-performed theater pieces in America, has become a modern classic. They gambled on a future where all they had sacrificed would mean something to the world.
Emmy-nominated writer Leigh Fondakowski, who is best known for her work on the play and HBO film The Laramie Project, spent three years traveling the United States to interview these survivors, many of whom have never talked publicly about the tragedy.
After the interviewees are introduced, their stories are piece-mealed into a timeline, starting with their origins, the desires that drew them to Jim Jones, the work they did, and the eventual exodus to Jonestown.
Not all of them killed themselves willingly, but all of them gambled on Jones's promise of a better life. Collectively this is a record of ordinary people, stigmatized as cultists, who after the Jonestown massacre were left to deal with their grief, reassemble their lives, and try to make sense of how a movement born in a gospel of racial and social justice could have gone so horrifically wrong-taking with it the lives of their sons and daughters, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, and brothers and sisters. "-New West Indian Guide "A testimony of Fondakowski's own personal journey of discovery and empathy. Laddas ned direkt Stories from Jonestown truly does paint a portrait of the survivors. "Fondakowski perfectly captures the rapturous hope surrounding Jonestown, which makes its demise all the more heartbreaking. As new book Stories from Jonestown shows us though, there are some voices that have remained unheard through all of this time. Because the tragedy of Jonestown was real, a reminder that people’s grandest plans sometimes take very wrong turns. Stories From Jonestown. "—"There is an immediacy to the stories - from survivors, members' families, press, politicians, and community leaders - many of which have never been printed before. Download Stories From Jonestown ebook PDF or Read Online books in PDF, EPUB, and Mobi Format. "-Jennifer R. Hubbard "If you've got a true crime lover on your gift list this year, then look for Stories from Jonestown by Leigh Fondakowski.
Because the tragedy of Jonestown was real, a reminder that people's grandest plans sometimes take very wrong turns.
As new book Stories from Jonestown shows us though, there are some voices that have remained unheard through all of this time.
It is a remarkable book.