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Jessica Chiarella grew up in the Chicago area and has a Master’s Degree in Writing and Publishing from DePaul University. She is currently a student in the University of California, Riverside’s MFA in Creative Writing program.

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Jessica Chiarella's Blog

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A Librarian's Daughter

A short essay I penned, acknowledging how my mother's interest in literacy programs stems from my experience learning to read as a child:

Reading has never been easy for me. The way the genetic cards were dealt in my family, I seemed to get the short end of the stick. My older brother was gifted, both by academic and personal standards, in his ability to read as a child. He started early and progre

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Jessica Chiarella’s books

Average rating: 3.55 · 4,014 ratings · 650 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	And Again 3.54 avg rating — 2,348 ratings — published 2016 — 9 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
	The Lost Girls 3.56 avg rating — 1,666 ratings — published 2021 — 8 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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“And then it's easier, knowing that I don't have to do it all at once. Knowing that fear comes and goes in waves and all I must do is wait for it to recede before I charge on.
(Hannah)”
― Jessica Chiarella, And Again

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“You know, you look married." "What does that mean?" I ask, endless curious about how others perceive me, especially now. Especially her. She shrugs, settling back against the wall. "Comfortable, I guess. Like you're interested in the world, but not too interested, because you're not supposed to be looking for anything anymore.”
― Jessica Chiarella

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“It amazes me, sometimes, how small a world can be. Not the world as a whole, from horizon to horizon, but the world as it exists for a single person. Sometimes it fees like a person's world can shrink to a size that would fit within the shell of a walnut. I think of prison cells and agoraphobic poets and people who are born and live and die inside the limits of the same small town. It must seem impossible to them that highways actually lead anywhere. A person could believe that airplanes are the size of flies, if she only ever sees them from afar, trailing their way across the sky. If she can even see the sky.”
― Jessica Chiarella, And Again

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