SANDS HALL is the author of the memoir Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology, finalist for the Northern California Book Award, and a Publishers Weekly Best Book in Religion and Spirituality. She is also the author of the novel Catching Heaven, a Random House Reader’s Circle selection, and Tools of the Writer’s Craft. She teaches for the Iowa Summer Writing Festival and for the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, among other conferences. She lives in Nevada City, California. Find out more at sandshall.com.

Named a Best Book in Religion and Spirituality by Publishers Weekly

Longlisted for NCIBA’s Golden Poppy Award in Nonfiction

A Finalist for the 2019 Northern California Book Award in Creative Nonfiction

In Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology, Hall compellingly reveals what drew her into the religion—what she found intriguing and useful—and how she came to confront its darker sides and escape.

RECLAIMING MY DECADE LOST IN SCIENTOLOGY

A Memoir by Sands Hall