PublishedPenguin, January 2023 |
ISBN9781761045455 |
FormatSoftcover, 384 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.4cm × 2.9cm |
Eleven-year-old Stefanie Hinrichs came to Australia looking for paradise -and found herself trapped in the marriage from Hell. In 1994, Stefanie Hinrichs dreamed of owning a horse, leaving school and marrying Keanu Reeves. But God had other plans for the teenager.
Her family belonged to a controversial Doomsday cult led by self-proclaimed Messiah William Kamm, also known as the 'Little Pebble', who was building a new promised land for his followers deep in the Australian bush. Stefanie was forced to become the false prophet's child bride - one of eighty-four mystical spouses chosen by the Lord to bear twenty-seven children for his new heavenly dynasty. Forbidden from telling anyone about the illicit sexual relationship, she kept a diary. Investigative journalist Megan Norris unravels the story of Stefanie's lost childhood, her courageous escape with his child, and how the scribblings of a teenage girl brought one of Australia's most dangerous sex predators to justice.
