{"product_id":"the-oracles-daughter-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-american-cult","title":"The Oracle's Daughter: The Rise and Fall of an American Cult","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Terrifying, gripping, all true. I couldn't put it down.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eStephen King\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Excellent...told with rare sensitivity...Hill is an extremely skilled writer, and his conscientious, measured reporting is a gift...The immediacy with which Hill portrays [his subjects'] conflicted longings gives the book the propulsive feel of a novel.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \"deeply compelling\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) chronicle of the rise and fall of a woman-led cult--and the enduring allure of extremism across America's turbulent religious history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a cool fall night in 1999, twenty-six-year-old Sarah Green crept out of her house, retrieved a backpack from its hiding place, and ran for her life. She was escaping not just the Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps, a paramilitary religious cult based in the New Mexico desert, but also the cruelty of the cult's leader--her mother, Deborah. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this \"incredible new book\" (\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e), Harrison Hill traces the \"extraordinary\" twists and turns (NPR) of the group's development, from its early days as an outgrowth of the 1960s counterculture, through its descent into conspiracy-fueled abuse, to the explosive trial that would lead to its downfall. \u003ci\u003eThe Oracle's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of three women--Deborah, the group's founder and self-proclaimed oracle; Maura, one of its first members; and Sarah, Deborah's daughter--bound together by a punitive, baroque set of radical beliefs and practices, including exorcism, kidnapping, and the horrific mistreatment of those who fell out of the leaders' favor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though ACMTC was radical in its beliefs and deprivations, its history provides a window into the broader sweep of American faith. \u003ci\u003eThe Oracle's Daughter \u003c\/i\u003ealso explores the fascinating world of cults--and gives \"a bracing sense of how mainstream the fringe can get\" (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48515783819513,"sku":"9781668018873","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_a6fa3666-78ec-4d3b-a432-7476a46c1183.jpg?v=1781209184","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/the-oracles-daughter-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-american-cult","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}