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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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    Blood, Sweat & My Rock ​‘n Roll Years: Is Steve Katz a Rock Star?
    Steve Katz
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    Screen­ing Room: Fam­i­ly Pictures
    Alan Light­man
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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
    Cover of Hidden Inheritance: Family Secrets, Memories, and Faith
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    Hid­den Inher­i­tance: Fam­i­ly Secrets, Mem­o­ries, and Faith
    Hei­di B. Neumark
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    Stir: My Bro­ken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home
    Jes­si­ca Fechtor
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    A Fifty-Year Silence: Love, War, and a Ruined House in France
    Miran­da Rich­mond Mouillot
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    Uncov­ered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Final­ly Came Home
    Leah Lax
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    The House of Twen­ty Thou­sand Books
    Sasha Abram­sky
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    A Guest at the Shoot­ers’ Ban­quet: My Grand­fa­ther’s SS Past, My Jew­ish Fam­i­ly, a Search for the Truth
    Rita B. Gabis
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    Open Up the Iron Door: Mem­oirs of a Sovi­et Jew­ry Activist
    Rabbi Avraham Weiss
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    Madame Ambas­sador: Behind the Scenes with a Can­did Israeli Diplomat
    Tova Herzl
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