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Autobiography & Memoir

Cover of We Used to Dream of Freedom: A Memoir of Family, the Holocaust, and the Stories We Don't Tell
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We Used to Dream of Free­dom: A Mem­oir of Fam­i­ly, the Holo­caust, and the Sto­ries We Don’t Tell
Sam Chaiton
Cover of The Rye Bread Marriage: How I Found Happiness with a Partner I'll Never Understand
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The Rye Bread Mar­riage: How I Found Hap­pi­ness with a Part­ner I’ll Nev­er Understand
Michaele Weiss­man
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We Set the Night on Fire: Ignit­ing the Gay Revolution
Martha Shel­ley
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The Girl Who Sur­vived Auschwitz
Eti Elboim
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Touch­ing the Art
Mat­til­da Bern­stein Sycamore
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The For­got­ten Singer: The Exiled Sis­ter of I.J. and Isaac Bashe­vis Singer
Mau­rice Carr
Cover of My What If Year: A Memoir
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My What If Year: A Memoir
Alisha Fer­nan­dez Miranda
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I Must Be Dreaming
Roz Chast
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Hid­ing in Hol­land: A Resis­tance Memoir
Shu­lamit Reinharz
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Arti­fi­cial: A Love Story
Amy Kurzweil
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The Jew­ish Under­ground of Samarkand: How Faith Defied Sovi­et Rule
Hil­lel Zaltzman
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As Figs in Autumn: One Year in a For­ev­er War
Ben Bas­tom­s­ki
Cover of Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair
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Dwell Time: A Mem­oir of Art, Exile, and Repair
Rosa Lowinger
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Return­ing to Cuba: Art Con­ser­va­tion and Fam­i­ly History

Rosa Lowinger
October 9, 2023
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The Box with the Sun­flower Clasp
Rachel Meller
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The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lako­ta, and an Amer­i­can Inheritance
Rebec­ca Clarren
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