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Jessica Ryan Chenard

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Born

Virginia Beach, The United States

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https://jessicachenard.com/

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Memoir, Nonfiction, Travel

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Jessica R. Chenard is a writer of purposeful adventures, healing, and legacy; hiking and writing give her a sense of creativity and purpose. She is a business owner, mother, wife, daughter, sister, community builder, and friend.

Chenard is the founder of Her Hike Collective, an all-women's hiking community. You can find her hosting the group's quarterly hikes in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Chenard was motivated to write this book after spending a decade living it. She hiked to heal from tragedy, and later hiking helped her nurture a beautiful life. People she cared about played a large role in nurturing her love for the mountains, the most significant of these people being her brother. After his tragic death, she was left with only the knowl ...more

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Her Hike: A Memoir

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Come On Home: A Grace-Filled Guide to Raising a Family Who Loves (and Likes) Each Other

by Jessica Smartt

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Red Mountain Burning (Red Mountain Chronicles, #3)

by Boo Walker (Goodreads Author)

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The Keeper of Happy Endings

by Barbara Davis (Goodreads Author)

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