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    Love & Relationships

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    Poet­ry
    How to Love the World
    Elvira Basevich
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    Fic­tion
    Hap­pi­ness, as Such
    Natalia Ginzburg (auth.), Minna Proctor (trans.)
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    The Face Tells the Secret
    Jane Bern­stein
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    The Liar
    Ayelet Gundar-Goshen; Sondra Silverston, trans.
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    Fic­tion
    Mag­gie Brown & Others
    Peter Orner
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    Mr. Temp­kin Climbs a Tree
    Cary Fagan (auth.), Carles Arbat (illus.)
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    Strangers and Cousins
    Leah Hager Cohen
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    How Could She
    Lau­ren Mechling
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    The Apple and the Shady Tree: The Mafia, My Fam­i­ly, and Me
    Lisa Novick Goldberg
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    A Vil­lage Romance
    Izzy Abrahm­son
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    Life’s Acces­sories: A Mem­oir and Fash­ion Guide
    Rachel Levy Lesser
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    The War of the Itchy Balls and Oth­er Tales From Brook­lyn: A Half-Life Memoir
    William Gral­nick
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    A Bet­ter Man: A (Most­ly Seri­ous) Let­ter to My Son
    Michael Ian Black
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    The A — Z of Intermarriage
    Denise Hand­lars­ki
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    Moth­ers & Mur­der­ers: A True Sto­ry of Love Lies Obsession…and Sec­ond Chances
    Kather­ine Ellison
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