The Oracle's Daughter: The Rise and Fall of an American Cult by Hill, Harrison
The Oracle's Daughter: The Rise and Fall of an American Cult by Hill, Harrison

The Oracle's Daughter: The Rise and Fall of an American Cult

A gripping chronicle of the rise and fall of a woman-led cult--and the enduring allure of extremism...
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Author: Harrison Hill
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The Oracle's Daughter: The Rise and Fall of an American Cult by Hill, Harrison

The Oracle's Daughter: The Rise and Fall of an American Cult

$107.99 $60.00
The Oracle's Daughter: The Rise and Fall of an American Cult by Hill, Harrison

The Oracle's Daughter: The Rise and Fall of an American Cult

$107.99 $60.00
Author: Harrison Hill
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A gripping chronicle of the rise and fall of a woman-led cult--and the enduring allure of extremism across America's turbulent religious history.

On 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 operating out of the New Mexico desert, but also the punishments and cruelty of the cult's leader--her mother, Deborah.

In The Oracle's Daughter, Harrison Hill traces the fascinating beginnings and violent end of ACMTC, from its early days as an outgrowth of the 1960s counterculture to its descent into conspiracy-fueled abuse. This 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. With a dramatic, deeply researched narrative tracing the strange twists and turns of the country's religious development, The Oracle's Daughter illuminates the porous boundary between the fringe and the mainstream--and shows how much more vulnerable we are to extremism than we might like to think.

Author: Harrison Hill
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 04/07/2026
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781668018873


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/09/2026
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2026
Library Journal 03/13/2026 pg. 1

About the Author
Harrison Hill grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia, and lives in Brooklyn, New York. He received his MFA in nonfiction from Columbia University, where he also taught undergraduate writing. His journalism and essays have appeared in The Cut, GQ, Vogue, Travel + Leisure, AFAR, The Threepenny Review, and other outlets. The Oracle's Daughter is his first book.
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