Captive, Catherine Oxenberg
Captive, Catherine Oxenberg
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Captive
A Mother's Crusade to Save Her Daughter from the Terrifying Cult Nxivm

Author: Catherine Oxenberg, Natasha Stoynoff

Narrator: Catherine Oxenberg

Unabridged: 10 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/07/2018

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Including a new afterword, Captive is an emotional, ripped-from-the-headlines exposé that lays bare the inner workings of the secretive NXIVM cult that shocked the world.

I am a mother whose child is being abused and exploited. And I am not alone.

In 2011, former Dynasty star Catherine Oxenberg joined her daughter, India, at a leadership seminar for a new organization called NXIVM. Her then twenty-year-old daughter was on the threshold of starting her own professional life and they both thought this program might help her achieve her dream. But quickly, Catherine saw a sinister side to the program that claimed to simply want to help its clients become the best versions of themselves.

Catherine watched in horror as her daughter fell further and further down the rabbit hole, falling under the spell of NXIVM's hypnotic leader, Keith Raniere. Despite Catherine’s best efforts, India was drawn deeper into the cult, eventually joining an elite “sorority” of women members who were ordered to maintain a restricted diet, recruit other women as “slaves,” and were branded with their leader’s initials.

In Captive, Catherine shares every parent’s worst nightmare, and the lengths that a mother will go to save her child. Catherine’s efforts finally led the FBI to take notice—and the journey is not yet over. A powerful depiction of a mother’s love and determination, and with horrifying insider details never revealed in any news story, Captive will keep you reading until the very last page.

About Catherine Oxenberg

Catherine Oxenberg is best known for her role as Amanda Carrington on the hit primetime soap opera Dynasty. She got her start as a model before making her acting debut in The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana. Oxenberg is the daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, making her a royal descendent in her own right. She currently lives in Malibu, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Abby on January 13, 2009

This book is by the woman held hostage by Brian Nichols back in 2005, when he escaped from an Atlanta courthouse, killing several people in the process. He held her hostage in her own apartment for 7 hours, and she talked him into surrendering peacefully. When I first skimmed this book, I figured ou......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on January 10, 2021

WOW! What an amazing story! This account is way more moving than the news reports; if you think you know what really happened, this book will tell you much more! I recommend it to all Christians (well, except the ones who can't handle such themes due to tragedies in their own lives).......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on December 19, 2011

Don't go into this thinking it's going to be a smooth read. She's not a writer, never professes to be, she just has a story to tell. It's generally fast-paced and interesting, though definitely not for those afraid of a little Christian thinking. She describes unnecessary details and dwells on things......more

Goodreads review by Eva-Marie on July 27, 2009

I have to admit how impressed I am with this book. I like Ashley Smith. I didn't think I would. I don't like, at this point in my life, many women who give their children up, women who use ice, women who loathe themselves so much it's coming out of their pores, but...I like Smith. She's just likable......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on December 09, 2008

I read this in one go at the library recently, more out of curiosity than anything. The only drawback is that we don't get an epilogue on Brian Nichols, where he is with his case, etc. I suppose given the nature of his crimes, the author/publisher didn't want to over-humanize his situation and that......more