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Nancy French

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Nancy French has collaborated on multiple books for celebrities - five of which made the New York Times best seller list - and written books under her own name. She has conducted a multi-year journalistic investigation, written commentary, and published for the nation’s most prominent newspapers and magazines. Her own memoir, GHOSTED, hits bookshelves in the spring of 2024.

She lives in Franklin, Tennessee with her husband – journalist David French – and family.

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	Ghosted: An American Story 4.39 avg rating — 3,444 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winning Balance: What I've Learned So Far About Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams by Shawn Johnson, Nancy French (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 3,051 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For the Right Reasons: America's Favorite Bachelor on Faith, Love, Marriage, and Why Nice Guys Finish First 3.73 avg rating — 2,240 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God's Double Agent: The True Story of a Chinese Christian's Fight for Freedom by Bob Fu, Nancy French (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 1,329 ratings — published 2013 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far by Bristol Palin, Nancy French (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 1,100 ratings — published 2011 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cop Under Fire: Moving Beyond Hashtags of Race, Crime and Politics for a Better America by David Clarke Jr., Nancy French (Goodreads Author), Sean Hannity (Foreword) 4.40 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 2017 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collecting Confidence: Start Where You Are to Become the Person You Were Meant to Be by Kim Gravel, Nancy French (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 422 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There Goes My Social Life: From Clueless to Conservative by Stacey Dash, Nancy French (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The After Party: Toward Better Christian Politics by Curtis Chang, Nancy French (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 287 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Red State of Mind: How a Catfish Queen Reject Became a Liberty Belle 3.62 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Less Is Lost (Arthur Less #2)

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The Challenge of Acts: Rediscovering What the Church Was and Is

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THE OUTLAWS OF CAVE-IN-ROCK Historical Accounts of the Famous Highwaymen and River Pirates upon the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and over the old Natchez Trace

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“Over and over, I got the same message: you’re on the wrong track. Stop now before you go too far. The way people spoke about the camp was how I imagined some people used to talk about the mafia. They’re good people. Cross them at your peril.”
― Nancy French, Ghosted: An American Story

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“Our impatience with sorrow and trauma has seeped into our language and into our culture, so that a victim might hesitate to identify as one. Sometimes I see victims of horrific abuse describe themselves as “survivors.” Fine. However, that word has an embedded positive spin designed to, yes, empower the afflicted. But more often than not, it’s used as a benefit to the listener, to gloss over the evil that was done to make everyone within earshot feel better about the world.”
― Nancy French, Ghosted: An American Story

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