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    Autobiography & Memoir

    Cover of Searching for Home: The Impact of WWII on a Hidden Child
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    Search­ing for Home: The Impact of WWII on a Hid­den Child
    Joseph Gosler
    Cover of We Saw Scenery: The Early Diaries of Merrill Markoe
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    We Saw Scenery: The Ear­ly Diaries of Mer­rill Markoe
    Mer­rill Markoe
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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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    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 Life's Accessories: A Memoir and Fashion Guide
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    Life’s Acces­sories: A Mem­oir and Fash­ion Guide
    Rachel Levy Lesser
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    Young Heroes of the Sovi­et Union: A Mem­oir and a Reckoning
    Alex Hal­ber­stadt
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    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
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    Cock­ney Girl: The Sto­ry of a Jew­ish Fam­i­ly in WWII London
    Gil­da Moss Haber
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