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Jessica Treadway

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Jessica Treadway is the author of four novels and three story collections, with a fourth, I FELT MY LIFE WITH BOTH MY HANDS, coming out in Spring 2026 from Cornerstone Press. Her collection PLEASE COME BACK TO ME received the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction; her novels are AND GIVE YOU PEACE; LACY EYE; HOW WILL I KNOW YOU? and THE GRETCHEN QUESTION. She teaches in MFA program at Emerson College in Boston. ...more

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Average rating: 3.57 · 6,587 ratings · 864 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lacy Eye 3.63 avg rating — 4,148 ratings — published 2014 — 2 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
	How Will I Know You? 3.42 avg rating — 2,155 ratings — published 2016 — 13 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
	And Give You Peace 3.76 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2000 — 4 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
	Please Come Back To Me 4.10 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2010 — 4 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 Gretchen Question 3.75 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2020 — 3 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
	Absent Without Leave and Other Stories 3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1992 — 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
	Infinite Dimensions: Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2022 — 3 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
	Sueño ligero by Jessica Treadway (Goodreads Author), Luis Murillo Fort (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Cliff Walk it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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Jessica Treadway rated a book it was amazing Are You Happy?: Stories by Lori Ostlund (Goodreads Author)	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
I savored these stories, taking time to think about each one before starting the next. It’s the best kind of writing: gracefully simple to read, but complex in the psychological and emotional ripples it creates. The characters here remain with me, an ...more
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In A Better Ending, Jim Thomson takes us on a trip no one could envy, as he tries to “solve” the mystery of his sister’s apparent suicide. By the end of the book I felt that I knew his sister Eileen, and I wished as the author does that there could b ...more
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I felt involved in all the characters' lives, and loved the way we got different points of view narrating the chapters, so I always knew more than the characters did. I've never been to Shanghai, but now I feel that I have a better sense of it than e ...more
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Jessica Treadway rated a book it was amazing The Continental Divide: Stories by Bob Johnson	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
A first-rate collection about characters who discover hard truths about themselves and the people they love. Each story is superb on its own, and the collection as a whole adds up to more than the sum of its parts. Beautiful writing and poignant psyc ...more
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Jessica Treadway rated a book it was amazing Secrets of the Sun: A Memoir by Mako Yoshikawa	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
This is a beautifully written and brave book about a daughter trying to understand a father who was brilliant, troubled, and complicated—to say the least. I found it extremely moving, and admired very much the author's honesty in confronting her own ...more
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This is a beautifully written and brave book about a daughter trying to understand a father who was brilliant, troubled, and complicated—to say the least. I found it extremely moving, and admired very much the author's honesty in confronting her own ...more
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