Cult Sister: My decade in one of the world's most secretive sects

When Lesley Smailes set off from Port Elizabeth for a gap year, her mother joked: "Whatever you do, don't get married. And don't join a cult." But within months, Lesley was part of a notorious American sect, married to a man she hardly knew and allowed only minimal contact with her family. Despite rape, home births and a forced abortion, her belief was unshakeable. Until she was faced with the terrifyingly real threat of losing her children… Harrowing at times, but also funny and wise, this is Lesley's miraculous true story.

• Worthy: A Young Woman from a Background of Poverty and Abuse Falls Prey to a Polygamous Cult
• Born into the Children of God: My life in a religious sex cult and my struggle for survival on the outside
• Cult Child
• My Life as a Sister Wife: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
• The Family
• The Fifth Sister: From Victim to Victor - Overcoming Child Abuse
• Call Me Evil, Let Me Go: A mother's struggle to save her children from a brutal religious cult
• The Leader's Daughter
• Seventeen Sisters: Tell Their Story