Introduction -- Rough and ready -- Loaded -- Vacation Bible school -- The phone call -- The helicopter -- The cardboard box -- Living the dream -- The sidewalk -- Even though -- The friends -- Gramercy -- The prophet -- Buzzed -- The question -- The other side of the mountain -- Coming home -- Beautiful -- The fire on a frozen lake -- The last dance -- My double life -- Alt wrong -- The opportunity -- The spotlight -- The rally -- Waffle House confessions -- The canary in the coal mine -- Nordstrom -- Counting to ten -- The call -- Listen

"A riveting look inside a life of poverty, success, and the inner circles of political influence--from the foothills of Appalachia all the way to the White House. New York Times bestselling ghostwriter Nancy French is coming out of the shadows to tell her own incredible story. Nancy's family hails from the foothills of the Appalachians, where life was dominated by coal mining, violence, abuse, and poverty. Longing for an adventure, she married a stranger, moved to New York, and dropped out of college. In spite of her lack of education, she found success as a ghostwriter for conservative political leaders. However, when she was unwilling to endorse an unsuitable president, her allies turned on her and she found herself spiritually adrift, politically confused, and occupationally unemployable. Republicans mocked her, white nationalists targeted her, and her church community alienated her. But in spite of death threats, sexual humiliation, and political ostracization, she learned the importance of finding her own voice--and that the people she thought were her enemies could be her closest friends. A poignant and engrossing memoir filled with humor and personal insights, Ghosted is a deeply American story of change, loss, and ultimately love"--