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    Jew­ish His­tor­i­cal Fiction

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    Fiction
    The Hired Girl
    Laura Amy Schlitz
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    Fiction
    The Innocents
    Francesca Segal
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    Fiction
    House of Gold
    Natasha Solomons
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    Fiction
    The House at Tyneford
    Natasha Solomons
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    The Newcomers
    Lily Poritz Miller
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    The Linen Queen
    Patricia Falvey
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    Marry Me By Midnight
    Felicia Grossman
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    Fiction
    The Phoenix Bride
    Natasha Siegel
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    My Fine Fellow: A Delicious Entanglement
    Jennieke Cohen
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    The Innocents
    Caroline Seebohm
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    Love by the Morning Star
    Laura L. Sullivan
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    Alice Simpson
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    Rachel Kadish
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    Helene Wecker
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    Weina Dai Randel
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    Nomi Eve
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    Charmaine Craig
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    Michael David Lukas
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