{"product_id":"oracles-daughter-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-american-cult","title":"Oracle's Daughter: The Rise and Fall of an American Cult","description":"\u003ch1\u003eOracle's Daughter: The Rise and Fall of an American Cult\u003c\/h1\u003eHarrison Hill,Harrison Hill\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003eApril 7 2026\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781668018873\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 166801887X\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \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).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391788908589,"sku":"WHS-6a1ec32fc2514f4abf210df986ee0357","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_9289d545-57c5-43f0-ad92-5ff997041fde.jpg?v=1787357451","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/oracles-daughter-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-american-cult","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}