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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--has just been published 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 fiction), and ot ...more

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	Ethical Chic: The Inside Story of the Companies We Think We Love 2.96 avg rating — 313 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 3.67 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2005 — 12 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 4.29 avg rating — 65 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
	Her Daughter 4.03 avg rating — 60 ratings — 3 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 — 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
	The Heirs 3.40 avg rating — 35 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

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I MEANT TO TELL YOU "would be a terrific book club pick" --

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Will and Testament

by Vigdis Hjorth

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Mass Mothering

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L'Inconnue du portrait

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Fran Hawthorne made a comment on her review of This Is Not About Us " Thank you, Darla. As a novelist myself, I know how much care goes into every word. We can't start all novels with a dead body, so I really hope reader ...more "
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Fran Hawthorne made a comment on Bill Silva’s review of Dogs " I'm intrigued by the combination you describe--but no, I don't like "pay-attention-to-me writing," as you put it so well! (I felt that way about Ocean ...more "
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Fran Hawthorne liked Bill Silva's review of Dogs: "The harsh, brutal but still quite lyrical prose of this debut novel is surpassed only by the violence and trauma of the story…it’s either brilliant or over the top (or maybe a bit of both). For me, the pairing of the shiny, polished pay-attention-to-" Read more of this review »
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Fran Hawthorne made a comment on Nora Currie’s review of The Witches " I have real problems with Roald Dahl ever since i learned of his virulent anti-semitism--which continued even after WWII, when he could hardly deny th ...more "
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Fran Hawthorne and 46 other people liked Nora Currie's review of The Witches: "Updated Review: I am so happy I decided to continue reading this book and that I didn’t DNF it. I truly enjoyed reading this childhood classic. Love the boy and his grandma so much. Love how evil the witches were. There’s parts of this book that were" Read more of this review »
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Fran Hawthorne made a comment on Katherina Martin’s review of It Girl " A very interesting review--and also very helpful to me, as a novelist. I think that too often novels droop a bit past the halfway mark, as this one di ...more "
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Fran Hawthorne liked Katherina Martin's review of It Girl: "I really enjoyed the setting, circa 1900. As a young child, Evelyn's father passes, leaving her mother, brother, and herself rudderless. Soon they have no home and Evelyn is hunting in alleyways for food, becoming the responsible one in her family. H" Read more of this review »
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Fran Hawthorne made a comment on Fiza Pathan’s review of The Infernal Twins: A Series of Divine Miscommunications " Wow, this sounds like an amazing book. Theological fiction itself is an interesting concept. Both you and this author seem to be extraordinarily well- ...more "
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Fran Hawthorne and 36 other people liked Maryana's review of She Who Remains: "Have I even lived. Have I even read. Sometimes I read books, but I’m not sure I truly read them. They elude me, leaving me with the sense that something has slipped past my understanding, some meaning just out of reach. This uncertainty is especially" Read more of this review »
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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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