Nansook Hong

This was a great, quick read, though not the best memoir written. It is the true story of Nansook Hong, a woman who was born into the Unification church. She was 'summoned' by Sun Myung Moon to marry his wayward son, at the tender age of 15. Hong describes her life during those miserable 14 years as imprisonment; her only comfort being her five children that she bore all before the age of 29. It is an insightful look into the 'Moonie' cult, much of which is quite disturbing to read; domestic violence, infidelity, drug and alcohol abuse, gambling, money laundering, and outright blasphemy of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. My former sister in law was a member of the Moonies at one time, so I was especially interested in what their whole recruitment scheme was all about.… (más)