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BORN INTO CHILDREN OF GOD EB
About this book
Natacha Tormey was born into the infamous religious cult known as The Children of God. Abused, exploited, and brainwashed by 'The Family', Natacha's childhood was stolen.
Born to French hippy parents attracted to the religious movement by the unusual mix of evangelical Christianity, free love and rejection of the mainstream, from an early age Natacha was brainwashed to believe she had a special destiny – that she was part of an elite children's army bestowed with superpowers that would one day save the world from the Anti-Christ.
Torn away from their parents, Natacha and her siblings were beaten on a daily basis and forced to sing and dance for entertainment in prisons and malls. Natacha never expected to live to adulthood.
At the age of 18 Natacha escaped, but quickly found herself hurtling through a world she had no understanding of. Alone, and grappling to come to terms with an unbelievable sense of betrayal, she was stuck in a kind of limbo – confused and unable to feel part of either way of life.
Natacha is one of the lucky ones; not all of her family survived the battle to shed the shame and pain of their past. To date over 40 ex-Children of God members of Natacha's generation have committed suicide.
All Natacha ever wanted was to feel normal, but escaping the cult was only the beginning. Shocking, moving, but ultimately inspiring, this is Natacha's full story; it is both a personal tale of trauma and recovery, and an exposé of the secret world of abuse hidden behind commune walls.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Family Tree
- Berg’s Household
- Prologue: Ants Are Bitter
- Chapter 1: Moonlight and Star
- Chapter 2: God’s Whores
- Chapter 3: Fairytales and Thunderbolts
- Chapter 4: Dances for the King
- Chapter 5: Terror in the Shed
- Chapter 6: Candles and Confessions
- Chapter 7: Torn Apart
- Chapter 8: Ruled by Fear
- Chapter 9: From Russia with Love
- Chapter 10: Mutiny at Tea
- Chapter 11: Walking with Buffaloes
- Chapter 12: The Devil’s Land
- Chapter 13: Stirrings
- Chapter 14: A New Wine
- Chapter 15: Changing Tides
- Chapter 16: Happy New End Time
- Chapter 17: A Door Opens
- Chapter 18: A Caged Bird
- Chapter 19: The Urban Jungle
- Chapter 20: The Prince Is Dead
- Chapter 21: Reincarnation
- Chapter 22: The Woman in the Mirror
- Epilogue: Buckinghamshire, 2014
- Author’s Note
- Exclusive sample chapter
- Moving Memoirs eNewsletter
- About the Publisher