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    Autobiography & Memoir

    Cover of The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
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    The Best Strangers in the World: Sto­ries from a Life Spent Listening
    Ari Shapiro
    Essay

    Sto­ries That Don’t End

    Jane Sag­i­naw
    March 6, 2023
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    After­math: Com­ing of Age on Three Continents
    Annette Libeskind Berkovits
    Cover of Bibi: My Story
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    Bibi: My Story
    Ben­jamin Netanyahu
    Cover of The Absent Moon: A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long Depression
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    The Absent Moon: A Mem­oir of a Short Child­hood and a Long Depression
    Luiz Schwarcz; Eric M. B. Becker, trans.
    Cover of The Number on Your Forearm is Blue Like Your Eyes
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    The Num­ber on Your Fore­arm is Blue Like Your Eyes
    Eva Umlauf with Stefanie Oswalt; Shelley Frisch, trans.
    Cover of Return to Latvia
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    Return to Latvia
    Marina Jarre; Ann Goldstein, trans.
    Cover of On the Move: Home Is Where You Find It
    Chil­dren’s
    On the Move: Home Is Where You Find It
    Michael Rosen; Quentin Blake, illus.
    Cover of Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets
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    Unearthing: A Sto­ry of Tan­gled Love and Fam­i­ly Secrets
    Kyo Maclear
    Cover of The Daughter of Auschwitz: My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope
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    The Daugh­ter of Auschwitz: My Sto­ry of Resilience, Sur­vival and Hope
    Tova Fried­man
    Cover of Returning from Silence: Jenny’s Story
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    Return­ing from Silence: Jenny’s Story
    Michèle Sarde, Ruper Swyer, trans; 
    Cover of Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy
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    Shan­da: A Mem­oir of Shame and Secrecy
    Let­ty Cot­tin Pogrebin
    Cover of Departure Stories: Betty Crocker Made Matzoh Balls (and other lies)
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    Depar­ture Sto­ries: Bet­ty Crock­er Made Mat­zoh Balls (and oth­er lies) 
    Elisa Ber­nick
    Cover of Cassoulet Confessions: Food, France and the Stew That Saved My Soul
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    Cas­soulet Con­fes­sions: Food, France and the Stew That Saved My Soul
    Sylvie Bigar
    Cover of One-Legged Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies, and Coming of Age in the 1950's New York
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    One-Legged Mon­goose: Secrets, Lega­cies, and Com­ing of Age in the 1950’s New York
    Marc J. Straus
    Cover of Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
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    Din­ners with Ruth: A Mem­oir on the Pow­er of Friendships
    Nina Toten­berg
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