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Jessie Sholl is the author of Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean About Her Mother's Compulsive Hoarding. She's also the coeditor of the nonfiction anthology Travelers’ Tales Prague and the Czech Republic. Her essays and stories have appeared in national newspapers and journals, and she holds an MFA from The New School University, where she currently teaches creative writing.

A note on my ratings: A few people have asked me why I only give 4 and 5 star ratings. How, they ask, can I possibly love every book?! Well the answer is that I don't. But I only mention here books that I do love. Because it is difficult -- very, very difficult -- to write a book. If a book doesn't resonate with me, I simply don't mention it.


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Average rating: 3.67 · 998 ratings · 227 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors
Dirty Secret: A Daughter Co...
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 966 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
Dirty Secret
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010
Travelers' Tales Prague and...
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2006

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April 2012, Jessie Sholl
" Quick Start SS: What is your motto or maxim? JS: My newest one: All our secrets are the same. SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? JS: Introverted girl often pretending to be an extrovert. What Readers want to know... SS: What’s your..." ...More

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“There's no demonstrable link between hoarding and early material deprivation. But there is a link between hoarding and EMOTIONAL deprivation. Many hoarders report being physically or sexually abused as children. My mother was deprived of love, affection, often even the acknowledgment of her existence, to say nothing of the beatings she endured. Her cold and chaotic childhood home was the perfect breeding ground for the mental illness that would end up affecting us all.”
Jessie Sholl, Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean About Her Mother's Compulsive Hoarding

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