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    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
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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
    Cover of Funny, You Don't Look Like a Rabbi: A Memoir of Unorthodox Transformation
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    Fun­ny, You Don’t Look Like a Rab­bi: A Mem­oir of Unortho­dox Transformation
    Lyn­n­da Targan
    Cover of My City of Dreams: A Memoir
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    My City of Dreams: A Memoir
    Lisa Gru­en­berg
    Cover of Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
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    Hel­lo I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depres­sion in the First Person
    Anna Mehler Paperny
    Cover of Growing Up Below Sea Level: A Kibbutz Childhood
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    Grow­ing Up Below Sea Lev­el: A Kib­butz Childhood
    Rachel Biale
    Cover of Forest with Castanets
    Poet­ry
    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
    Cover of Cockney Girl: The Story of a Jewish Family in WWII London
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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
    Cover of Primitive: Tapping the Primal Drive That Powers the World's Most Successful People
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    Prim­i­tive: Tap­ping the Pri­mal Dri­ve That Pow­ers the World’s Most Suc­cess­ful People
    Mar­co Greenberg
    Cover of Welcome to Wherever We Are: A Memoir of Family, Caregiving, and Redemption
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    Wel­come to Wher­ev­er We Are: A Mem­oir of Fam­i­ly, Care­giv­ing, and Redemption
    Deb­o­rah J. Cohan
    Cover of A River Could Be a Tree: A Memoir
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    A Riv­er Could Be a Tree: A Memoir
    Angela Himsel; Shulem Deen, fwd.
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