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    The Russ­ian Writer’s Daugh­ter: Sto­ries of Grow­ing Up American
    Lydia Ros­ner
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    Am I a Jew?
    Theodore Ross
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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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    All Gone: A Mem­oir of My Moth­er’s Demen­tia. With Refreshments.
    Alex Witchel
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    A Sense of Direc­tion: Pil­grim­age for the Rest­less and the Hopeful
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus
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    Gab­by: A Sto­ry of Courage and Hope
    Jeffrey Zaslow
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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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    Israel: The Will to Prevail
    Danny Danon
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    You Saved Me, Too: What a Holo­caust Sur­vivor Taught Me About Liv­ing, Dying, Lov­ing, Fight­ing and Swear­ing in Yiddish
    Susan Resnick
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    Mir­a­cles and Fate on 78: A 9/11 Sto­ry of Inspiration
    Ari Schon­brun
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    Love Is Nev­er Past Tense…
    Jan­na Yeshanova
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    Loose Diamonds…and Oth­er Things I’ve Lost (and Found) Along the Way
    Amy Ephron
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    Extra­Or­di­nary: An End of Life Sto­ry With­out End
    Michele Tamaren and Michael Wittner
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