{"id":82132,"date":"2018-10-01T11:02:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T18:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=82132"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:09:47","slug":"beautiful-revolutionary-published","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=82132","title":{"rendered":"<em>Beautiful Revolutionary<\/em> Published"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Beautiful-Revolutionary-by-laura-thomas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-82187\" src=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Beautiful-Revolutionary-by-laura-thomas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210511130714\/https:\/\/scribepublications.com.au\/books-authors\/books\/beautiful-revolutionary\">Beautiful Revolutionary<\/a><\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em>Laura Elizabeth Woollett\u2019s novel that delves into the people of Peoples Temple, was published in August 2018 by Scribe Publications in Australia. A contributor to\u00a0<em>the jonestown report<\/em>\u00a0for several years while she worked on the book, Woollett offers her thoughts upon completion of the book in her article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=81562\">So I Wrote A Cult Novel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reviews of the book from past contributors to\u00a0<em>the jonestown report<\/em>\u00a0reviews include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=81567\">Reading Evelyn, Finding Carolyn<\/a>, by Kathy Sparrow<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=81569\">More a Whisper Than a Shout<\/a>, by Rikke Wettendorff<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=81574\">This Is Not a Beach Book<\/a>, by Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=81581\">Revolutionary Beauty<\/a>, by Katherine Hill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reviews during the first months after publication include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2018\/jul\/26\/ambition-desire-and-the-search-for-meaning-inside-the-mind-of-a-cult-leaders-lover\">Ambition, desire and the search for meaning: inside the mind of a cult leader&#8217;s lover<\/a><br \/>\nby Chris Johnston, <em>The Guardian\u00a0<\/em>(Australia), July 25, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220808170818\/https:\/\/www.readings.com.au\/products\/24905621\/beautiful-revolutionary\">Beautiful Revolutionary<\/a><br \/>\nby Susan Stevenson, readings.com.au, July 25, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au\/2018\/07\/31\/beautiful-revolutionary\/15320952006574\">Laura Elizabeth Woollett, Beautiful Revolutionary<\/a><br \/>\n<em>The Saturday Paper\u00a0<\/em>(Australia) July 21, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20241210220448\/https:\/\/www.thenewdaily.com.au\/entertainment\/books\/2018\/08\/04\/novel-jonestown-massacre\">Aussie author tackles Jonestown massacre<\/a><br \/>\n<em>The New Daily\u00a0<\/em>(Australia) August 4, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betterreading.com.au\/news\/jonestown-re-visited-review-of-beautiful-revolutionary-by-laura-elizabeth-woollett\/\">Jonestown Re-Visited: Review of Beautiful Revolutionary by Laura Elizabeth Woollett<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Better Reading\u00a0<\/em>(Australia) August 7, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theliftedbrow.com\/liftedbrow\/2018\/8\/13\/they-believed-in-jim-jones-a-review-of-laura-elizabeth-woolletts-beautiful-revolutionary-by-rebecca-varcoe\">&#8216;They Believed in Jim Jones&#8217;: A Review of Laura Elizabeth Woollett&#8217;s <em>Beautiful Revolutionary<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nby Rebecca Varcoe, <em>The Lifted Brow\u00a0<\/em>(Australia) August 13, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/entertainment\/books\/106196819\/books-of-the-week-september-1-2018\">Books of the week, September 1, 2018: Beautiful Revolutionary<\/a><br \/>\nStuff (New Zealand), September 1, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=82806\"><em>Beautiful Revolutionary<\/em>, What You Might Find<\/a><br \/>\nby Ed Wright, <em>The Weekend Australian<\/em>, Sept 8, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.australianbookreview.com.au\/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;id=5092:anna-macdonald-reviews-beautiful-revolutionary-by-laura-elizabeth-woollett&amp;Itemid=1336\">Anna MacDonald reviews &#8216;Beautiful Revolutionary&#8217; by Laura Elizabeth Woollett<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Australian Book Review<\/em>, Sept 10, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com.au\/culture\/best-books-2018-18730\">The Best Books Of 2018<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Elle Australia<\/em>, October 3, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=99249\">Laura Elizabeth Woollett\u2019s new novel <em>Beautiful Revolutionary<\/em> is Jonestown, but not as we know it<\/a><br \/>\nby Emily Paull, <em>The AU Review<\/em>, January 15, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Broadcast interviews and reviews include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/latenightlive\/jonestown---revolutionary-suicide\/10057996\">Jonestown \u2013 a revolutionary suicide<\/a>, Late Night Live (Australia), July 31, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/the-bookshelf\/the-bookshelf-10-august-2018\/10093692\">On crime writer Ann Cleeves, Laura Elizabeth Woollett&#8217;s Beautiful Revolutionary, \u2026 <\/a>, The Bookshelf (Australia), August 10, 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beautiful Revolutionary,\u00a0Laura Elizabeth Woollett\u2019s novel that delves into the people of Peoples Temple, was published in August 2018 by Scribe Publications in Australia. A contributor to\u00a0the jonestown report\u00a0for several years while she worked on the book, Woollett offers her thoughts upon completion of the book in her article\u00a0So I Wrote A Cult Novel. 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