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Tarawa, Lilia,

Daughter of Gloriavale : my life in a religious Cult / Lilia Tarawa. - Sydney : A&U New Zealand, 2017. - 1 v. 313 p. 4 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, colour portraits 24 cm.

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Since birth Lilia knew nothing but life in Gloriavale, the religious cult led by her charismatic and controlling grandfather, Hopeful Christian. When Lilia's parents fled the cult and its dreadful secrets, Lilia and her many siblings were wrenched away from the only life they knew. Lilia struggled to adapt to life on the outside. Would she be damned to Hell for leaving? How could she learn to navigate this strange place called 'the world'? And would she ever find out the truth about her grandfather and the cult that had shaped her life?

ISBN: 9781760631499 1760631493

Subjects--Personal Names:
Tarawa, Lilia--Family.
Cooper, Neville, 1926-

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Gloriavale Christian Community.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ex-cultists--New Zealand--Biography.
Cult members--New Zealand--Biography.
Christian communities--New Zealand--Haupiri.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Autobiographies.

Dewey Class. No.: 920 TAR