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Invis­i­ble Labor: The Untold Sto­ry of the Cesare­an Section
Rachel Somer­stein
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Search­ing for Slip­pers: One Mom’s Com­ing of Age Story
Sta­cy Ross
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Mil­dred’s Mind­set: Wis­dom From a Woman Centenarian
Gayle Kirschen­baum
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Near­ly Depart­ed: Adven­tures in Loss, Can­cer and Oth­er Inconveniences
Gila Pfef­fer
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Woven Roots: Recov­er­ing the Heal­ing Plant Tra­di­tions of Jews and Their Neigh­bors in East­ern Europe
Deatra Cohen
Adam Siegel
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Count­ing Backwards
Jacque­line Friedland
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The Wan­der­ing Jew of St. Salacious
Ron Turk­er
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Strangers to Our­selves: Unset­tled Minds and the Sto­ries That Make Us
Rachel Aviv
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Bad Ther­a­py: Why the Kids Aren’t Grow­ing Up
Abi­gail Shrier
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This Ter­ri­ble True Thing: A Visu­al Novel
Jen­ny Laden
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Birth Con­trol: The Insid­i­ous Pow­er of Men Over Motherhood
Alli­son Yarrow
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Weath­er­ing: The Extra­or­di­nary Stress of Ordi­nary Life in an Unjust Society
Arline T. Geronimus
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Par­ent­ing Anx­ious Kids: Under­stand­ing Anx­i­ety in Chil­dren by Age and Stage
Regine Galan­ti
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Breath Tak­ing: A Mem­oir of Fam­i­ly, Genes, and Bro­ken Dreams
Jes­si­ca Fein
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Why Did I Just Eat That?: How To Let Go of Emo­tion­al Eat­ing and Heal Your Rela­tion­ship with Food
Lisa D. Ellis
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Pre­scrip­tion for Pain: How a Once-Promis­ing Doc­tor Became the ​“Pill Mill Killer”
Philip Eil
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