No Journey's End: My Tragic Romance with Ex-Manson Girl, Leslie Van Houten

★ Updated 2022

No Journey's End is the true story of ex-Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten's love affair with Dr. Peter Chiaramonte. Connecting during Van Houten's high-profile retrial for first-degree murder in 1977-78, the couple struggles to make sense of their relationship. No ordinary love story, the book follows Chiaramonte's journey through a landscape of love, sex, media frenzy, drugs, violence, and ultimately, redemption.

"Chiaramonte gives a human face to a woman portrayed as a monster in the media and explains the reality behind the Manson myth superbly. This riveting book delivers in every way." -Donald Levin, Ph.D., author of Guilt in Hiding

"The reader vicariously races through the hell of the Manson experience in the author's 'shotgun seat, ' often watching through spread fingers of hands over eyes." -Mark Federman, Ph.D.

"Chiaramonte is a talented writer, and you may just come out of reading this book with a profound sense of angst that is well worth the ride." -Albert J. Mills, Ph.D.