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    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
    Cover of Helga's Diary
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    Hel­ga’s Diary
    Helga Weiss; Francine Prose, intro.
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    The Dan­ger­ous Ani­mals Club
    Stephen Tobolowsky
    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 Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope
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    Gab­by: A Sto­ry of Courage and Hope
    Jeffrey Zaslow
    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
    Cover of The Forgetting River: A Modern Tale of Survival, Identity, and the Inquisition
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    The For­get­ting Riv­er: A Mod­ern Tale of Sur­vival, Iden­ti­ty, and the Inquisition
    Doreen Car­va­jal
    Cover of Losing My Sister
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    Los­ing My Sister
    Judy Gold­man
    Cover of Keep Fighting, Stop Struggling: The Miles Levin Story
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    Keep Fight­ing, Stop Strug­gling: The Miles Levin Story
    Miles and Jonathan Levin
    Cover of Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders
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    Through the Door of Life: A Jew­ish Jour­ney Between Genders
    Joy Ladin
    Cover of Dear Cary: My Life with Cary Grant
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    Dear Cary: My Life with Cary Grant
    Dyan Cannon
    Cover of The Russian Writer's Daughter: Stories of Growing Up American
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    The Russ­ian Writer’s Daugh­ter: Sto­ries of Grow­ing Up American
    Lydia Ros­ner
    Cover of Am I a Jew?
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    Am I a Jew?
    Theodore Ross
    Cover of All Gone: A Memoir of My Mother's Dementia. With Refreshments.
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    All Gone: A Mem­oir of My Moth­er’s Demen­tia. With Refreshments.
    Alex Witchel
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    Friend­keep­ing
    Julie Klam
    Cover of My Charmed Life: Rocky Romances, Precious Family Connections and Searching for a Band of Gold
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    My Charmed Life: Rocky Romances, Pre­cious Fam­i­ly Con­nec­tions and Search­ing for a Band of Gold
    Beth Bern­stein
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