"Four generations of my family have been affected by cults. No one
in the family understood. The mystery has now been solved. The
knowledge was too late for my grandmother, too painful for my
mother but has helped heal my children and will protect my
grandchildren." On her eleventh birthday, Annette's parents gave
her a cowgirl suit. She loved it: she put it on immediately, and
set off for her favourite playground, in a nearby park. Some time
later she returned home, her flesh scraped and bruised, her brand
new suit now dirty and torn. Annette didn't answer when her parents
asked her what had happened. She didn't know what to say, so she
kept quiet. She would keep quiet for a long time after that day
...This powerful autobiography tells the sad story of a life
stunted in childhood. Traumatised by a brutal assault, Annette
retreats into herself. Many years pass before she seeks help: a
friend recommends a 'personal development organisation'. Before she
knows it, she has fallen into the clutching hands of a cult called
Kenja. Forsaking her children, her home, her job and her finances,
she devotes herself with a convert's zeal to Kenja's activities,
doing menial jobs to raise money for its leaders, spending all of
her life's savings on its 'courses', and recruiting members of the
public to join its ranks. Over time, Annette realises that, for all
she has given to Kenja, she has not improved, and is instead
completely dependent on the group for her self-esteem. She wants to
get out but finds herself unable to: she can't stop being the prey.
When she eventually does act - having suffered further assaults,
and witnessed others - she is devastated, forsaken and despised by
the only community she has ever belonged to. Determined to bring
Kenja's leader to justice - and, in the process, find some
redemption and perhaps even peace for herself - Annette embarks on
a legal odyssey. The Good Little Girl is Annette's story about a
traumatic beginning and journey to a triumphant ending. What others
are saying; "Annette Stephens brilliantly takes us on a journey
engaging us with her openness and honesty ... a captivating reading
that allows the reader to understand about cults...its amazing such
a gift Annette has to describe with such honesty her story and her
experiences." Ros Hodgkins, Cult Information and Family Support,
NSW
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