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Fran Hawthorne

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Fran Hawthorne got sidetracked for three decades writing award-winning nonfiction, including eight books, mainly about consumer activism and business social responsibility. But she's been actually been writing novels since she was in elementary school.

Her newest--HER DAUGHTER--will be published in January 2026 by Black Rose Writing. Kirkus Review said of it: "A deep dive into the pain of separation and hope for reconciliation conveyed with grace, realism, and empathy."

Fran has also published two other novels, including I MEANT TO TELL YOU (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, November 2022), a finalist for the SARTON AWARD, the ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD, the NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS (in both contemporary novel and women's fictio ...more

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	Ethical Chic: The Inside Story of the Companies We Think We Love 2.96 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Inside the FDA: The Business and Politics Behind the Drugs We Take and the Food We Eat 3.69 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	I Meant to Tell You 4.30 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2022 — 2 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 Merck Druggernaut: The Inside Story of a Pharmaceutical Giant 3.30 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2003 — 8 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 Heirs 3.39 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2018 — 2 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 Overloaded Liberal: Shopping, Investing, Parenting,and Other Daily Dilemmas in an Age of Political Activism 2.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Pension Dumping: The Reasons, the Wreckage, the Stakes for Wall Street 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008 — 8 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 Brief History of American Pensions-The Origins of U.S. Retirement Plans liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 2 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
	Teach Yourself VISUALLY Investing Online it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2000	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
	Pension Investing and Social Activism: Combining Conscience and Commerce it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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I MEANT TO TELL YOU "would be a terrific book club pick" --

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Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir

by Sara Glass (Goodreads Author)

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The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)

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Fran Hawthorne made a comment on Sandysbookaday (taking a step back for a while)’s review of Last Stop on the Winter Wonderland Express " A great review, Sandy: your praise and criticism are nuanced and detailed. (I do like the name "Unlucky in Love Travel Club" !) ...more "
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Fran Hawthorne made a comment on Terrie Robinson’s review of Wreck " WHat a wonderful description of Rocky and Willa's relationship you wrote in your review! (I'm particularly interested in mother-daughter relationships ...more "
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Fran Hawthorne and 75 other people liked Terrie Robinson's review of Wreck: " HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY 10/28/2025!!! Two years after their family vacation on Cape Cod... Rocky and her husband Nick, daughter Willa—home from college, son Jamie—living and working in NYC, and widower-father Mort, navigate the twists and turns o" Read more of this review »
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Fran Hawthorne made a comment on Carolyn’s review of Memorial Days " A beautiful review, Carolyn. And mazel tov on a marriage of nearly a half-century (so far)! "
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Fran Hawthorne and 12 other people liked Carolyn's review of Memorial Days: "Off the top of my head, I can come up with two other books written by highly privileged well-spoken people about the premature death of their husbands: Joan Didion and Sheryl Sandberg. I can’t say I “enjoy” reading about this universal experience of " Read more of this review »
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Fran Hawthorne made a comment on Stacey B’s review of Who By Fire: War, Atonement, and the Resurrection of Leonard Cohen " A beautiful review, Sandy! (But I hope that having singing talent isn't a prerequisite for writing about musicians, because I cannot carry a tune, and ...more "
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Fran Hawthorne and 57 other people liked Stacey B's review of Who By Fire: War, Atonement, and the Resurrection of Leonard Cohen: "I read this back in Sept. of "21" 5.0 Love Matti Friedman!! It had to be difficult for him in writing this book simply- from lack of documented information. He speaks to this here as well as in his interviews which are online. Cohen wanted to perform" Read more of this review »
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Fran Hawthorne made a comment on Karen’s review of Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America " This was good, but I actually think his earlier book about Dutch Manhattan -- "The Island at the Center of the World" -- was better. (There's a lot of ...more "
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“In this age of consumer activism, pinpoint marketing, and unlimited and immediate information, we want the impossible: products and producers that will assure us that we are fashionable, and that don’t pollute, harm animals, or contain weird chemicals, that run on alternative energy, pay their workers good salaries, recycle their scraps, use natural ingredients, buy from local suppliers, donate generously to charity, donate in particular to their neighborhoods, and don’t throw their weight around by lobbying. (Or maybe they should lobby for the right causes?)”
― Fran Hawthorne, Ethical Chic: The Inside Story of the Companies We Think We Love

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“People keep secrets for all kinds of reasons. To avoid hurting other people. To protect their jobs. Sometimes I think people just get so used to their public versions of the truth, if they've been doing it for a long time, that they forget the secret they've been hiding.”
― Fran Hawthorne, I Meant to Tell You

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