• The Unbreakable Miss Lovely

  • How the Church of Scientology Tried to Destroy Paulette Cooper
  • By: Tony Ortega
  • Narrated by: Tony Ortega
  • Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (323 ratings)

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The Unbreakable Miss Lovely

By: Tony Ortega
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In 1971 Paulette Cooper wrote a scathing book about the Church of Scientology. Desperate to shut the book down, Scientology unleashed on her one of the most sinister personal campaigns the free world has ever known.

The onslaught, which lasted years, ruined her life and drove her to the brink of suicide. The story of Paulette's terrifying ordeal is told in full for the first time in The Unbreakable Miss Lovely. It reveals the shocking details of the darkest chapter in Scientology's checkered history, which ended with senior members in prison and the organization's reputation permanently damaged.

©2015 Tony Ortega (P)2016 Audible, Ltd

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only thing that needs to change is the pronouncing of the city name of Chilliwack... Canadians pronounce it Chillawack

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Fantastic!!!!

Thank you for telling this riveting story. Paulette Cooper is an amazing women. This organization is crazy. I just hope she got millions.

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Great read

Love this book and keep going back to listen time after time and still can’t believe what they put her through.

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Great story! Laughter, anger, and tears!

I thought I knew what this book would be about after watching several promotional tours Ortega and Noble did. I was wrong, there was so much more to the story. Glad I purchased this book. Well worth it!

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Superbly, detailed


Tony Ortega and his team did a fantastic job of detailing the horrors that Paulette Cooper went through, but also shows that she is human just like the rest of us with admirable qualities and as well as flaws. I hope she finds peace call.

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Great book, but had audio problems

I was captivated by the content and the detail was incredible. The only criticism I have is that the audio recording continually cut off the end of certain words especially words that ended with an S. Not sure whether it was the recording or my device but you might want to check that. I listened on an iPhone 7.

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A real life spy drama

The detailed account of the lengths a 'religion' will go to, to keep one woman quiet.

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Great story, scary this can happen.

Thank you, Tony Ortega, for giving us this book in audio form. Even though I've heard you tell this story in interviews, it was still captivating. Paulette Cooper is a brave lady. Unbelievable how vindictive Scientology was and still is. Glad I'm just a wog. :-)

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Awesome!

Absolutely mindboggling story of how the Cult of $cientology treats their presumed enemies. Well written and a good introduction to how utterly deranged this Cult is. The story of Paulette is heartbreaking and must not be forgotten and this book will keep her struggle known forever. Thank you Paulette for fighting this cancer of humanity and thank you Tony for giving us Paulettes story.

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A "CHURCH" THAT IS DESTRUCTIVE. INSIDE SCIENTOLOGY

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An incredible book, it's a page-turning thriller. It shows how paranoid, suspicious and utterly vindictive the "Church" of Scientology really is. They literally tried to make her take her own life.

What is amazing is it's true. It's the story of how the "church" of Scientology set out to destroy Paulette Cooper, you will be utterly shocked what this cult did to try & destroy this lady. One example being the ‘church’ even went as far as to get her fingerprints on a piece of paper. They then sent forged bomb threats on the paper with her fingerprints to themselves, leading her to be arrested, facing 15 years in prison. The only reason she was not sent to jail was at around the same time, the FBI raided the Church of Scientology's offices in Washington DC and Los Angeles, finding evidence of what is to this day the largest infiltration of government offices in US history. They also found evidence of the campaign to destroy Paulette Cooper.


The author, Tony Ortega, is an investigative journalist & the premier journalist in uncovering the evil cult that is Scientology. He is meticulous in his research, and delved deeply into original documents and spoke with people who were involved in this horrendous campaign to destroy Paulette. The "church's" own documents, seized by the FBI, detailed their campaign to either have her committed to an asylum, put in jail, or commit suicide!

The book is stunning and you'll be amazed and horrified by what a "church" did to one young woman who dared to write something critical about them. Once you pick up this book, you won't be able to do anything else until you finish reading. This is a masterpiece of non-fiction storytelling. If you enjoy this then you must read Leah Remini’s book Troublemaker, it will also show how twisted & basically evil Scientology is.

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