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[SocialTransparency]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpQQO_llwj0

[Stutroup]

Just the interview is touching, even if it didn't have the sympathetic piano music.

Nancy covers a LOT of scope about Scientology, and it sounds like she does so at a level that not only can the general population benefit from, but also those in Scientology.

I look forward to the actual reviews of the book when it comes out!

[mefree]

I agree Stu. The music was a bit distracting for me.

Her book sounds very interesting.

Moar: http://mybillionyearcontract.com/

[Raven]

the video is gone and this makes me sad.  I hope no fairgame was involved.

[Lorelei]

I hope she chooses to make it available through Amazon.com. I also hope she invests in a PROOFREADER. Several of the recent ex-Scientologists' books have been chock full of egregious grammar / spelling / etc. errors, which makes them difficult for interested parties to read.

[mefree]

^^^^
I agree and I am not a true Grammar Nazi.

[News Thetan]

Author of My Billion Year Contract reflects on life in elite Scientology group - Wikinews
13 January 2010, 7:00 pm

Wikinews interviewed author Nancy Many about her book My Billion Year Contract, and asked her about life working in the elite Scientology group known as the "Sea Org". Many joined Scientology in the early 1970s, and after leaving in 1996 she later testified against the organization. Published in October, Many's book has gone on to become one of the top selling new books on Scientology at Amazon.com.

Scientology was founded by writer L. Ron Hubbard in 1952. At the time Many joined in the early 1970s, she was a college student attending Salem State College in Massachusetts. She agreed to become a member of the elite Scientology group known as the "Sea Org" in 1972 – the title of her book refers to a document she signed when joining that group.

She moved to Scientology's base of operations in Clearwater, Florida, and rose to a high-ranking position within the organization. Many describes how she recruited others into the organization, and sold Scientology products to celebrities. She participated in intelligence operations as a spy working for a secret unit within Scientology, and she writes that she covertly became part of the mental-health-care community in Boston, Massachusetts.

Many recounts how Scientology executives decided to remove her from her leadership position within the organization. As laid out in the book, she was instructed to reside in a parking garage, remove herself from family, and perform hard labor. Her account highlights she was ordered to perform these tasks by Scientology officials whilst five-months pregnant. These experiences led her to later have a mental breakdown and eventually leave Scientology..

My Billion Year Contract was first published in October. Since then it has risen to the second spot among recent best selling books about Scientology on the website Amazon.com – the number one spot is held by Marc Headley's book, Blown for Good.

Catholic Online associate editor and former Archbishop of the Charismatic Episcopal Church, Randy Sly, compared My Billion Year Contract to other insider accounts by former Scientologists, including Headley's and that of Monica Pignotti. "Their books and essays, along with many others, have publicly called into question a number of Scientology beliefs, claims and practices over many years," wrote Sly.

In an article this month about the book for The Boston Phoenix, Chris Faraone wrote, "even if just some of her trials really happened [...] her new memoir might still be the most shocking nonfiction work featured at this week's American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Boston." Faraone commented, "My Billion Year Contract is a horror story."

more, including the interview at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Author_of_My_Billion_Year_Contract_reflects_on_life_in_elite_Scientology_group?dpl_id=147689