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Autobiography & Memoir

Cover of High Risk: Stories of Pregnancy, Birth, and the Unexpected
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High Risk: Sto­ries of Preg­nan­cy, Birth, and the Unexpected
Chavi Eve Karkowsky
Cover of Salvation Canyon: A True Story of Desert Survival in Joshua Tree
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Sal­va­tion Canyon: A True Sto­ry of Desert Sur­vival in Joshua Tree
Ed Rosen­thal
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Search­ing for Home: The Impact of WWII on a Hid­den Child
Joseph Gosler
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We Saw Scenery: The Ear­ly Diaries of Mer­rill Markoe
Mer­rill Markoe
Cover of Since Joel: Love and Loss on the Spectrum
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Since Joel: Love and Loss on the Spectrum
Julie L. Schwartz
Cover of The War of the Itchy Balls and Other Tales From Brooklyn: A Half-Life Memoir
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The War of the Itchy Balls and Oth­er Tales From Brook­lyn: A Half-Life Memoir
William Gral­nick
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My Year of Kad­dish: Mourn­ing, Mem­o­ry and Meaning
Nao­mi L. Baum
Cover of I Am My Mother's Daughter: Wisdom on Life, Loss, and Love
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I Am My Moth­er’s Daugh­ter: Wis­dom on Life, Loss, and Love
Dara Kurtz
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For­est with Castanets
Diane Mehta
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Excerpt: The Book of Sarah

Sarah Light­man
August 19, 2019
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The Art of Leav­ing: A Memoir
Ayelet Tsabari
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Cock­ney Girl: The Sto­ry of a Jew­ish Fam­i­ly in WWII London
Gil­da Moss Haber
Cover of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir
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Long Live the Tribe of Father­less Girls: A Memoir
T Kira Madden
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Prim­i­tive: Tap­ping the Pri­mal Dri­ve That Pow­ers the World’s Most Suc­cess­ful People
Mar­co Greenberg
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Wel­come to Wher­ev­er We Are: A Mem­oir of Fam­i­ly, Care­giv­ing, and Redemption
Deb­o­rah J. Cohan
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A Riv­er Could Be a Tree: A Memoir
Angela Himsel; Shulem Deen, fwd.
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