Chiara in the Dark
By Maya Chhabra
2022
First Published
3.87
Average Rating
196
Number of Pages
Chiara is gliding through her senior year with ease, with a great babysitting job, a loyal best friend, a loving Indian-Italian immigrant family, and a shot at the summer ice-skating camp of her dreams. Then, out of nowhere, she starts having violent and unwanted thoughts and obsessions. The thoughts won’t leave Chiara alone, making her wonder if she’s a bad, violent person. Chiara decides to get help through therapy, but the idea of talking about her disturbing thoughts out loud is unthinkable. As Chiara opens up to therapy, she sees a glimmer of hope that she can have her life back. But her dark thoughts lie just beneath the surface, threatening to take it all away.
Avg Rating
3.87
Number of Ratings
30
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
23%
2 STARS
10%
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Author
Maya Chhabra
Author · 5 books
I'm Maya Chhabra, author of Chiara in the Dark, a a YA verse novel about OCD, and Stranger on the Home Front, a historical middle grade novel about Punjabi immigration and WWI. https://mayachhabra.com/bibliography/ You can read my short fiction at PodCastle, Cast of Wonders, Daily Science Fiction, and more. My poetry has appeared at Strange Horizons, among many other venues. My translation of Tsvetaeva's Fortune is available in Cardinal Points. My novelette Walking on Knives, published by Less Than Three Press, is currently out of print. Views are mine and not those of my employer.
