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COVER REVEAL - MAY 8, 2025

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.
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“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

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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.

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