Finding Fran is about a midlife romance novelist who is dealing with tanking sales, writer's block, and a lover who has been less than faithful. Fran needs to find her moxie if she's going to turn her midlife mess into a midlife success.
A cheating lover and a failing career—Fran is facing 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 is to spend a week in isolation at a northern California bed-and-breakfast while she grapples with the issues confronting her. But can Fran turn her midlife mess into a midlife success?
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