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    Autobiography & Memoir

    Cover of What They Saved: Pieces of a Jewish Past
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    What They Saved: Pieces of a Jew­ish Past
    Nancy K. Miller
    Cover of Lucky Bruce: A Literary Memoir
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    Lucky Bruce: A Lit­er­ary Memoir
    Bruce Jay Friedman
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    Await­ing a Mir­a­cle: The Holo­caust Diaries of Mor­ris Breitbart
    Arnold and Charles Breitbart, eds.
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    Waltz with Bashir: A Lebanon War Story
    Ari Folman and David Polonsky
    Cover of Shoshana: Memoirs of Shoshana Shoubin Cardin
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    Shoshana: Mem­oirs of Shoshana Shoubin Cardin
    Shoshana Shubin Cardin; Karen L. Falk, ed.
    Cover of Memories of Jewish Life: From Italy to Jerusalem, 1918–1960
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    Mem­o­ries of Jew­ish Life: From Italy to Jerusalem, 1918 – 1960
    Augusto Segre; Steve Siporin, trans.
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    Invis­i­ble Sis­ters: A Memoir
    Jessica Handler
    Cover of Preoccupied With My Father
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    Pre­oc­cu­pied With My Father
    Simon Schneiderman
    Cover of To Speak for the Silenced
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    To Speak for the Silenced
    Abraham Tracy
    Cover of A Guest in My Own Country: A Hungarian Life
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    A Guest in My Own Coun­try: A Hun­gar­i­an Life
    George Konrad; Jim Tucker, trans.; Michael Henry Heim, ed.
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    Bagels and Grits: A Jew on the Bayou
    Jennifer Anne Moses
    Cover of Fiorello's Sister: Gemma Laguardia Gluck's Story
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    Fiorel­lo’s Sis­ter: Gem­ma Laguardia Gluck­’s Story
    Rochelle G. Saidel, ed.
    Cover of Postal Indiscretions: The Correspondence of Tadeusz Borowski
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    Postal Indis­cre­tions: The Cor­re­spon­dence of Tadeusz Borowski
    Tadeusz Drewnowski, ed; Alicia Nitecki, trans.
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    Not a Hap­py Camper: A Memoir
    Mindy Schneider
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    Dork Whore
    Iris Bahr
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    Leave the Build­ing Quickly
    Cynthia Kaplan
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