Bonnie (LoveNE) -
Helpful Score: 5
A fabulous and often eerie look inside the cult experience.An in-depth look into the minds of one family who raised their children in a world of incest and abuse in the name of God. It was fascinating to see one parent find the truth while another continues to deny it. This book will change you!
Kim J. reviewed Not Without My Sister: The True Story of Three Girls Violated and Betrayed on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
great story about 3 sisters who lived in a cult where sexual abuse was encouraged...it's about their experiences of how they survived then escaped a cult that has claimed the lives and innocence of thousands of its members. very disturbing at times.
Sabrina (glassbutterfly) -
Helpful Score: 3
This is one of the most shocking stories I have read about survivors of a religous cult. The things these three sisters went through (not to mention thousands of other young children) is horrible. Most disturbing is the fact that to this day this religous group still exists and no one was brought to justice for molesting all those children in the name of God.
LaVonne W. (Grnemae) -
Helpful Score: 2
This was hard book to read due to the subject matter. It is so important that people who have left these types of cults continue to tell their stories.
What this cult did not only to the adults but especially to the children in the name of religion is criminal. The brainwashing and emotional turmoil that they are subjected to is horrific. Children taken from their parents at very young ages and given to "foster parents" and subjected to abuse that most of us would find hard to understand. As a result attachments issues with and to biological parents and siblings were created. Attachments to biological family seemed to be discouraged leaving children with no sense of belonging. Within the cult children were used as the workers for entire communes. Children severely beaten for doing things that are normal for children like an occasional bed wetting accident. And most appalling children used for sex, even small infants. Sex among both adults and children in this cult was encouraged and even commanded. Men, women and children moved from country to country to stay ahead of the law. Children given to one foster family and then to another and used in most cases as work and sex slaves.
I am glad that all three of these woman had to courage to leave this cult and most importantly to tell the world about it. One of the authors Kristina had the courage at a very young age to testify in open court about the abuse she suffered and that she saw other children were subjected to while she lived in the communes.
A book worth taking the time to read.
What this cult did not only to the adults but especially to the children in the name of religion is criminal. The brainwashing and emotional turmoil that they are subjected to is horrific. Children taken from their parents at very young ages and given to "foster parents" and subjected to abuse that most of us would find hard to understand. As a result attachments issues with and to biological parents and siblings were created. Attachments to biological family seemed to be discouraged leaving children with no sense of belonging. Within the cult children were used as the workers for entire communes. Children severely beaten for doing things that are normal for children like an occasional bed wetting accident. And most appalling children used for sex, even small infants. Sex among both adults and children in this cult was encouraged and even commanded. Men, women and children moved from country to country to stay ahead of the law. Children given to one foster family and then to another and used in most cases as work and sex slaves.
I am glad that all three of these woman had to courage to leave this cult and most importantly to tell the world about it. One of the authors Kristina had the courage at a very young age to testify in open court about the abuse she suffered and that she saw other children were subjected to while she lived in the communes.
A book worth taking the time to read.
Marta J. (booksnob) reviewed Not Without My Sister: The True Story of Three Girls Violated and Betrayed on + 412 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I confess to having a morbid fascination with this cult after having seen the documentary about them (referred to at one point in this book). This book is written in chapters by three sisters who detail their horrific lives within the Children of God. Their teachings and practices are a mixture of rampant sex, including incest and pedophilia, and martial law. It is no wonder that so many ex-members have committed suicide.
Prepare to be disgusted.
Prepare to be disgusted.
