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Finding Fran: A Midlife Moxie Novel
Finding Fran: A Midlife Moxie Novel
Finding Fran: A Midlife Moxie Novel
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Finding Fran: A Midlife Moxie Novel

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A cheating lover and a failing career—Fran Carter is stuck in a midlife mess!

Once a best-selling romance novelist, 55-year-old Fran Carter is now dealing with a slow but steady drop in book sales and a major case of writer's block, complicated by the knowledge that her lover, a professional photographer, has been on the wrong side of the camera (so to speak) with his models. (So much for her author brand, built on the premise that women in their fifties and beyond can still find love and happiness.)

Her solution? A week at a northern California bed-and-breakfast, where she hopes to overcome a bad case of writer's block in time to meet her next deadline while deciding how to handle her relationship issue.

As she struggles to resolve both situations, Fran finds encouragement and support not only from her long-time friend Diana, but also from unlikely sources: the elderly gun-toting woman who owns the B&B and is facing challenges of her own, the book store manager who offers a delicate critique of Fran's previous books, and the stylists at the salon who give Fran a new look to go with her growing sense of the woman she wants to be and the life she wants to live.

Can she do it? Will Fran be able to turn her midlife mess into a personal and professional triumph?

If you love reading stories about women fifty and older dealing with personal and career challenges, and whose friends play an important and integral part in their life reinvention, then you'll love Finding Fran!
LanguageEnglish
PublisherBookBaby
Release dateMar 7, 2024
ISBN9798350942255
Finding Fran: A Midlife Moxie Novel
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Nancy Christie

Nancy Christie is the award-winning author of two novels in her Midlife Moxie Novel Series: "Finding Fran" and "Reinventing Rita" (both from BookBaby); three short story collections: "Mistletoe Magic and Other Holiday Tales," "Traveling Left of Center and Other Stories" and "Peripheral Visions and Other Stories" (all from Unsolicited Press); two books for writers: "Rut-Busting Book for Authors" and "Rut-Busting Book for Writers" (both from BookBaby) and the inspirational book, "The Gifts Of Change" (Atria/Beyond Words). Her short stories and essays have appeared in numerous print and online publications, with several earning contest placement. The host of the Living the Writing Life podcast and the founder of the annual "Midlife Moxie" Day and "Celebrate Short Fiction" Day, Christie teaches writing workshops and gives talks at conferences, libraries, and schools. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), the Florida Writers Association (FWA) and the Women's Fiction Writers Association (WFWA).

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