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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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	The Wedding Officiant's Guide: How to Write and Conduct a Perfect Ceremony 4.28 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2014 — 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
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Braving the Truth: Essential Essays for Reckoning with and Reimagining Faith

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Lisa Francesca wants to read We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite History & Biography	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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Lisa Francesca wants to read A Christianity Worth Believing: Hope-filled, Open-armed, Alive-and-well Faith for the Left Out, Left Behind, and Let Down in us All by Doug Pagitt	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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What a magical, uplifting little book. Simply written, five slightly interconnected stories. Run, don't walk, to read this. Suitable for anyone who has ever had a job, or visited a library. ...more
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A sweet book with some laugh-out-loud moments. A feel-good.
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