Scientology tried to destroy her, but Paulette Cooper is living her best life

We love catching up with Paulette Cooper on her birthday, because she always has fabulous things to catch us up on.

This was the great contrast we lived with during the years we were working with her to write a book about her incredible life: At the same time that she had lived through harrowing adventures — surviving the Holocaust as a child while her parents did not, and in her adult years being the target of Scientology’s most storied and sustained program of terror — despite those terrible and terrifying experiences, Paulette is living and enjoying a fabulous life.

She always has projects in various stages, whether it’s books she’s published or talks she’s giving or lavish balls she’s attending. And she and her husband Paul Noble seem to know just everyone, and so they are invited to everything. And who wouldn’t want them at their event? Paul’s dry wit is legendary, and Paulette makes you feel like you’re fortunate to be part of her adventure.

For her birthday this year, she’s going with Paul to St. Augustine, Florida. And she shared with us a photo from a recent vacation to show us that they are still living it up, as they always do.

And we have a favor to ask of our readers. You know that Paulette gets into the comments from time to time. Tell her your favorite anecdote about her adventures, whether you’ve read our book The Unbreakable Miss Lovely, or her own book about herself, The Perils of Paulette, so she can see how much she means to the Bunker community.

Which birthday is this for Paulette? Well, it’s a big one. She was born in Nazi-occupied Antwerp on July 26, 1942. We’ll let you do the math!

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