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Author: Cannane, Danielle.
Title: Memoir of a cult girl : surviving the Children of God cult / Danielle Cannane.
Published: North Sydney, N.S.W. : Ebury Australia, 2008.
Description: 1 v.
ISBN: 9781741664744 (pbk.)
Dewey Number: 289.9
Subjects: Children of God (Movement) -- Australia.
Ex-cultists -- Biography.
Cults -- Australia.
Libraries that have this item: National Library of Australia. National Library of Australia (ANL) (4315104) Pre-publication record. Not yet published

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BIOGRAPHY and MEMOIR
Memory of a Cult Girl by Danielle Cannane is about growing up in The Family (both Random, June)
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Random House Australia Catalogue January - July 08
June 2008
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Memoir of a Cult Girl
Danielle Cannane
Meet the Family . . .
On 15 May 1992, Community Services, assisted by the police, raided cult
residences in New South Wales and Victoria. That day 128 children were removed
from their homes and taken into protective custody, and a court case and media
frenzy erupted soon afterward.
Danielle Cannane was one of those children. For the first time, she speaks out
about growing up in the ?Children of God? cult ? their outrageous beliefs, the
scandalous sexual practices, and the indoctrination of the children. This is the story
of a strange world, an alternative lifestyle that few people have experienced,
through the eyes of a little girl ? and the story of how her life since has been
affected by it.
* The Children of God has been targeted in the media throughout the years
and Danielle?s courageous memoir will generate new media attention.
* A misery memoir to rival all misery memoirs!
* A shocking look at life inside one of the most dangerous cults.
*A comparison title is the best-selling People in Glass Houses by Tanya Levin about Hillsong

Random House Australia Rights Catalogue London Book Fair 2008
MEMOIR OF A CULT GIRL: SURVIVING THE CHILDREN OF GOD CULT
Danielle Cannane
Pub date: September 2008
Format: 288pp ? 234 x 153mm
Rights held: World
Meet The Family.
On 15 May, 1992, Community Services, assisted by the police, raided cult residences in NSW and Victoria. One hundred twenty-
eight children were removed from their homes and taken into protective custody. These raids erupted into a court case and
media frenzy surrounding the cult called ?The Family? (formerly known as ?The Children of God?). No evidence of physical
or sexual abuse could be found, and the children were eventually released back into the care of their parents. Treated with
suspicion by outsiders, they retreated back into their own community. Danielle Cannane was one of those children. This is her
story . . .
Danielle was born into the Children of God in 1978. In the early 1990s, she left the cult. Initially she shied away from telling
people about her past because it would usually incite a variety of reactions ranging from fascination to anger, ignorance, pity
and sometimes disgust. After meeting her boyfriend, Sebastian, the differences of religion and upbringing caused Danielle to
reflect on her own experiences. While Sebastian still struggles to accept Danielle?s past and values, they have been able to talk
through their differences and the consequences of her unusual childhood.
This book shows a world and an alternative lifestyle that few people have experienced ? the story of growing up in a cult through
the eyes of a little girl and how she is consequently affected as an adult struggling to integrate into mainstream society.
Desperate to explain her life and to feel validated rather than ostracised by society at large, Danielle Cannane decided to write
a book explaining life in The Family ? a project which she started many times, never being able finish. This is her first book

Random House Australia Rights Catalogue Frankfurt 2008
MEMOIR OF A CULT GIRL
Danielle Cannane
Pub date: June 2009
Format: 288pp ? 234 x 153mm
Rights held: World
Rights sold: United Kingdom (Ebury, Random House)