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    Autobiography & Memoir

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    The FabY­OUList
    Susan Camp­bell Cross
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    Per­il: From Jack­boots to Jack Benny
    Pearl Good­man
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    Forgery of the Month Club
    Kei­th T Alexander
    Cover of Lawfully Wedded Husband: How My Gay Marriage Will Save the American Family
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    Law­ful­ly Wed­ded Hus­band: How My Gay Mar­riage Will Save the Amer­i­can Family
    Joel Derfn­er
    Cover of My Life in Jewish Renewal: A Memoir
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    My Life in Jew­ish Renew­al: A Memoir
    Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi with Edward Hoffman
    Cover of Traveling Heavy: A Memoir in between Journeys
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    Trav­el­ing Heavy: A Mem­oir in between Journeys
    Ruth Behar
    Cover of A Forgotten Land: Growing Up In The Jewish Pale, Based on the Recollections of Pearl Unikow Cooper
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    A For­got­ten Land: Grow­ing Up In The Jew­ish Pale, Based on the Rec­ol­lec­tions of Pearl Unikow Cooper
    Lisa Cooper
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    Let­ters to Talia
    Dov Indig; Yehuda Burdman, trans.
    Cover of Saul Bellow's Heart: A Son's Memoir
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    Saul Bel­low’s Heart: A Son’s Memoir
    Greg Bellow
    Cover of Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora
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    Search­ing for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora
    Emi­ly Raboteau
    Cover of Following Ezra: What One Father Learned About Gumby, Otters, Autism, and Love From His Extraordinary Son
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    Fol­low­ing Ezra: What One Father Learned About Gum­by, Otters, Autism, and Love From His Extra­or­di­nary Son
    Tom Fields-Mey­er
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    The Sci­en­tists: A Fam­i­ly Romance
    Marco Roth
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    The Force of Things: A Mar­riage in War and Peace
    Alexan­der Stille
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    An Armen­ian Sketchbook
    Vasily Grossman; Robert Chandler, trans.
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    Russ & Daugh­ters: Reflec­tions and Recipes from the House That Her­ring Built
    Mark Russ Federman
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    Red Brick, Black Moun­tain, White Clay: Reflec­tions on Art, Fam­i­ly, and Survival
    Christopher Benfey
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