Young woman in an orange dress reaches towards an orange on a tree. The background is very dark and framed by a thorny orange vine. Her skirt contains three people danceing, wearing orange and beads. The text says A Slice of Orange loving and leaving the Osho/Rajneesh cult by Nicola Ranson

A Slice of Orange - loving and leaving the Osho/Rajneesh cult (Unsolicited Press, 12/8, 2026)  

A Slice of Orange is a lively memoir about the journey into - and out of - a utopian community that went horribly wrong. Nicola Ranson’s adventures take us from a conservative Canadian convent, across the Sahara Desert, through magic, meditation and mystical theatre until she lands at the Rajneesh ashram in India where she participates in her first naked encounter group.
Read More ....


“A fantastic read about a woman who has experienced life in ways
many would never dare ... a staggering hit.”

Readers Favorite  - 5 Star review of A Slice of Orange

Click Here To Pre-Order

Sign up to receive Nic’s Notes, an occasional update on Nicola's books and her writing life.

You will also receive FREE COPY of the handout, TEN TIPS FOR CULT RECOVERY.

Nicola Ranson, trauma therapist, is the author of A Slice of Orange, loving and leaving the Osho/Rajneesh cult (Unsolicited Press, 2026), a memoir about her decade in the cult, and Plant Talk - When the Tree Hugs You Back, about nature's support for sickness and suffering.

nicola ranson
Instagram