Sex Cult Nun

Named a Best Book of 2021 by Newsweek and a Most Anticipated by People TIME USA Today Real Simple Glamour Nylon Bustle Purewow Shondaland and more Educated meets The Vow in this story of liberation and selfempowerment—an inspiring and strangerthanfiction memoir of growing up in and breaking free from the Children of God an oppressive extremist religious cult. Faith Jones was raised to be part a religious army preparing for the End Times. Growing up on an isolated farm in Macau she prayed for hours every day and read letters of prophecy written by her grandfather the founder of the Children of God. Tens of thousands of members strong the cult followers looked to Faith’s grandfather as their guiding light. As such Faith was celebrated as special and then punished doubly to remind her that she was not. Over decades the Children of God grew into an international organization that became notorious for its alarming sex practices and allegations of abuse and exploitation. But with indomitable grit Faith survived creating a world of her own—pilfering books and teaching herself high school curriculum. Finally at age twentythree thirsting for knowledge and freedom she broke away leaving behind everything she knew to forge her own path in America. A complicated family story mixed with a hauntingly intimate comingofage narrative Faith Jones’ extraordinary memoir reflects our societal norms of oppression and abuse while providing a unique lens to explore spiritual manipulation and our rights in our bodies. Honest eyeopening uplifting and intensely affecting Sex Cult Nun brings to life a hidden world that’s hypnotically alien yet unexpectedly relatable.