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Autobiography & Memoir

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The Men­tal Yentl: Sto­ries From A Life­long Stu­dent of Crazy
Sal­ly Fingerett
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Drawn from Water: An Amer­i­can Poet, an Ethiopi­an Fam­i­ly, an Israeli Story
Dina Elen­bo­gen
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Here and There: Leav­ing Cha­sidism, Keep­ing my Family
Chaya Deitsch
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I Did­n’t Tell Them Any­thing: The Wartime Secrets of an Amer­i­can Girl
Aleena Rieger
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It Takes a Lit­tle Crazy to Make a Difference
Dafna Michaelson Jenet
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Screen­ing Room: Fam­i­ly Pictures
Alan Light­man
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Blood, Sweat & My Rock ​‘n Roll Years: Is Steve Katz a Rock Star?
Steve Katz
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Year of the Dunk: A Mod­est Defi­ance of Gravity
Ash­er Price
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My Fat Dad: A Mem­oir of Food Love and Fam­i­ly with Recipes
Dawn Ler­man
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Orchard House: How a Neglect­ed Gar­den Taught One Fam­i­ly to Grow
Tara Austen Weaver
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Moth­er­land: Grow­ing Up with the Holocaust
Rita Gold­berg
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Yes, It’s Possible
Ehud Diskin
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Uncov­ered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Final­ly Came Home
Leah Lax
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A Fifty-Year Silence: Love, War, and a Ruined House in France
Miran­da Rich­mond Mouillot
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The House of Twen­ty Thou­sand Books
Sasha Abram­sky
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Open Up the Iron Door: Mem­oirs of a Sovi­et Jew­ry Activist
Rabbi Avraham Weiss
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