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Lisa Francesca

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San Francisco, The United States

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Biography, Poetry, Nonfiction

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The author of The Wedding Officiant’s Guide: How to Write and Conduct a Perfect Ceremony (Chronicle Books) and Helen and The Masters: A Portrait of A California Mystic (KDP), Lisa Francesca’s essays and poetry have appeared in AboutPlace Journal, Catamaran, Beatitude and Reed Magazine.
Find out more at www.lisafrancesca.com.
When not writing or reading, Lisa gets to borrow her daughter's small white dog for walks.

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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

by Amanda Montell (Goodreads Author)

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Mansfield Park

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A well-written first memoir; the author kept to simple language and cinematic scenes as she worked through a past of trauma and really bad choices. Both of her parents were colossal in their indifference and neglect until much later in her life -- an ...more
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A well-written first memoir; the author kept to simple language and cinematic scenes as she worked through a past of trauma and really bad choices. Both of her parents were colossal in their indifference and neglect until much later in her life -- an ...more
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