I was privileged to meet Yvonne Gillham only once in my life, but the radiance she projected was wonderfully blinding. Seven years later I met her daughter Janis and for a dozen years after that she and I developed a friendship that lasts to this day. They say the acorn does not fall far from the tree and I think this is true in Janis’ case. While on a cruise last year with Janis, her husband Paul, and several other friends, I had the further privilege of reading the manuscri

Testimonial - Janis' Book "Only a handful of people have ever worked as closely with L. Ron Hubbard as Janis did. To call this an insider account is an understatement. Janis was witness to Hubbard's day-to-day actions, meetings and decisions for years as he presided over his growing Scientology network. Thrown into a world of power, intrigue and secrecy at a very young age, Janis learned to survive and meet challenges that few are called upon to face. It's a tale of excitemen

Many themes run through this captivating and in-depth story about L. Ron Hubbard’s Church of Scientology and his Sea Organization. The main one centers on the author, Janis Gillham Grady, and her early years growing up in Scientology as a second-generation adherent, and how she adapted to its strict rules and regulations often without either parent at hand, and how she survived and even flourished there and while in the Sea Organization. Another is Janis’ well researched an

Chuck Beatty Review June 2017 This book's content due to Janis' years up close to L. Ron Hubbard puts it permanently on any Hubbard/Scientology expert's reading list. Commodore’s Messenger Book I and II give detailed coverage of her life leading up to and then personally serving L. Ron Hubbard as one of the original Commodore's Messengers who ran messages and saw L. Ron Hubbard's orders executed by staff. Her parents were legendary successful 1950s and 1960s early Scientologi