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Autobiography & Memoir

Cover of Roman Year: A Memoir
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Roman Year: A Memoir
André Aci­man
Cover of Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust
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Becom­ing Janet: Find­ing Myself in the Holocaust
Janet Singer Applefield
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Tap Danc­ing on Ever­est: A Young Doc­tor’s Unlike­ly Adventure
Mimi Zie­man
Interview

‘The Rhythm of Life’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Edith Eva Eger

Michal Hoschan­der Malen
September 30, 2024
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Fifty-Sev­en Fri­days: Los­ing Our Daugh­ter, Find­ing Our Way
Myra Sack
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Non­fic­tion
Ther­a­pist’s Daughter
Gail Cloud
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Invis­i­ble Labor: The Untold Sto­ry of the Cesare­an Section
Rachel Somer­stein
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South of My Dreams: Find­ing My Amer­i­can Home, A Memoir
F. K. Clementi
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Fam­i­ly Trea­sures Lost and Found
Karen A. Frenkel
Cover of Remember Us to Life: A Graphic Memoir
Fic­tion
Remem­ber Us to Life: A Graph­ic Memoir
Joan­na Rubin Dranger
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Poet­ry
Woe & Awe
Lisa M. Miller
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Mak­ing the Best of What’s Left: When We’re Too Old to Get the Chairs Reupholstered
Judith Viorst
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Stand­ing on the Crack: The Lega­cy of Five Jew­ish Fam­i­lies from Seat­tle’s Gild­ed Age
Karen Treiger
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Final­ly the Bride: Find­ing Love After Walk­ing Down Every­one Else’s Aisle
Jen Glantz
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Roy­al Edge
Michael Pep­per
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Mil­dred’s Mind­set: Wis­dom From a Woman Centenarian
Gayle Kirschen­baum
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