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Autobiography & Memoir

Cover of Whatever is Contained Must Be Released: My Jewish Orthodox Girlhood, My Life as a Feminist Artist
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What­ev­er is Con­tained Must Be Released: My Jew­ish Ortho­dox Girl­hood, My Life as a Fem­i­nist Artist
Helène Aylon
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The Bar Mitz­vah and The Beast: One Fam­i­ly’s Cross-Coun­try Ride of Pas­sage by Bike
Matt Biers-Ariel
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Two Rings: A Sto­ry of Love and War
Millie Werber and Eve Keller
Cover of Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
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Mon­key Mind: A Mem­oir of Anxiety
Daniel Smith
Cover of Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
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Unortho­dox: The Scan­dalous Rejec­tion of My Hasidic Roots
Deborah Feldman
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Jour­nal of the Plague Year
Lloyd Constantine
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Din­ner: A Love Story
Jenny Rosenstrach
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Paris: A Love Story
Kati Mar­ton
Cover of Hiding Places: A Mother, A Daughter, An Uncovered Life
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Hid­ing Places: A Moth­er, A Daugh­ter, An Uncov­ered Life
Diane Wyshogrod
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The Dan­ger­ous Ani­mals Club
Stephen Tobolowsky
Cover of Helga's Diary
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Hel­ga’s Diary
Helga Weiss; Francine Prose, intro.
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The Last Tes­ta­ment: A Mem­oir by God
David Javerbaum
Cover of My Father is a Book: A Memoir of Bernard Malamud
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My Father is a Book: A Mem­oir of Bernard Malamud
Janna Malamud Smith
Cover of Sidonia's Thread: The Secrets of a Mother and Daughter Sewing a New Life in America
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Sido­nia’s Thread: The Secrets of a Moth­er and Daugh­ter Sewing a New Life in America
Hanna Perlstein Marcus
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The For­get­ting Riv­er: A Mod­ern Tale of Sur­vival, Iden­ti­ty, and the Inquisition
Doreen Car­va­jal
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Los­ing My Sister
Judy Gold­man
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