438: The Stories We Tell and the Secrets We Keep in Family Sagas - Interview

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, Lori is interviewing Fran Hawthorne. They’ll be talking about her new book</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">I Meant To Tell You</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Broad Topic.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fran Hawthorne has been writing novels since she was four years old, although she was sidetracked for several decades by journalism. During that award-winning career, she wrote eight nonfiction books, mainly about consumer activism, the drug industry, and the financial world. </span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ethical Chic</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(Beacon Press) was named one of the best business books of 2012 by</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Library Journal</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Pension Dumping</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(Bloomberg Press) was a</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Foreword</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">magazine 2008 Book of the Year. She's also been an editor or regular contributor for</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The New York Times</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Business Week</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Fortune</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and many other publications. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But Fran never abandoned her true love: With the publication of her debut novel,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Heirs</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, in 2018 and now</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">I Meant To Tell You</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Fran is firmly committed to fiction. She’s at work on her next novel and also writes book reviews for the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">New Yor