Moonchild: the true story of a cult princess, a memoir

"When Kat Moon was born, her father, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, ran the largest cult in America. His Unification Church, which people called "the Moonies," was worth billions. Among many other properties and businesses it owned the New Yorker Hotel, United Press International, and True World Foods, which dominates America's sushi supply from dock to plate. Moon's empire began with revelations that he believed made him the second Messiah, here to finish the work of Jesus. Central to that mission was creating a perfect family, free of Original Sin. Moon and his wife became the True Parents, and their children the True Children. Kat Moon was the twelfth True Child. This is her story. Moonchild is an extraordinary memoir from an unprecedented vantage point. Kat's childhood was surreal. She was raised on an opulent estate in the Hudson Valley and was never alone, always surrounded by personal nannies, siblings, church elders, and security. The children were often just props, to be dolled up and trotted out at events all over the world, forced to perform like a cult version of the Von Trapps.