In the last few years, books, documentaries and podcasts about cults have proliferated. From HBO’s NXIVM-focused “The Vow” and Netflix’s “Wild Wild Country” about the Rajneesh movement to podcast “Transmissions from Jonestown” and more, it seems we can’t get enough. But there is often a disconnect between our casual consumption of cults as entertainment and the very real trauma, both physical and psychological, that cults inflict on their members.
In “Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away from the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult,” (William Morrow, 400 pages, ★★★★ out of four) author Faith Jones bridges entertainment and empathy by penning a page-turning memoir that is not just a fascinating and heartbreaking look at life inside a cult, but ultimately an empowering story of resilience.
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