Chicken Pox for the Soul

by Jessica Zafra · 1997

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Jessica Zafra

Some say that Filipino generation X writer, Jessica Zafrais a little twisted for trading on her youthful angst. But that doesn't seem to curb her popularity. In addition to her three-times-a-week news-paper column, Twisted, she has published two bestsellers, and hosts Twisted on Sunday, her own weekend radio program, plus Twisted on Friday, a weekly television show.

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Asiaweek, 13 June 1997, People Selection

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Mood
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Audience
adult
Length
short · 159 pages

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