One of my favourite hobby is reading,as it is the cheapest way to go into a total different world,and fast. Just have to open a book and u're there. I went into this shop call "Pay-Less-Book" one day,what drew my attention that day was not the books but the quotes on the walls...such as:"Reading gives someplace to go when we have to stay where we are","Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body","A room without books is a body without soul"....
Lately i JUST finish reading this book "Not without my sister".It is a true story of three sisters born and suffered the practices of a cult who called themselves "Children of God",which is now known as "The Family International".
These 3 sisters relive their experiences how they survived-and then escaped- a cult that has claimed the lives and innocence of thousand of its members.They were a world away from the real understanding of 'love' and 'forgiveness'.The organisation that was entrusted with their care practised physical and mental torture,thought control, pornography(its like their education text book,or daily bible!), prostitution and horrific acts of sexual abuse.
From as early as 3 years ole, the 3 sisters were treated by their 'guardians' as sexual beings. They received love letters and sexual advances from men old enough to be their grandfathers,and were to formal schooling, forced to wander the streets begging for money, and were mercilessly beaten for "crimes"(like day dreaming, reading encyclopedia...etc)
Its a horrific story of perversion and loss but, ultimately, an account of immense love and immeasurable bravery.....
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