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    Cover of The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival
    Chil­dren’s
    The Girl Who Sang: A Holo­caust Mem­oir of Hope and Survival
    Estelle Nadel, with Bethany Strout; Sammy Savos, illus.
    Cover of Counting Lost Stars: A Novel
    Fic­tion
    Count­ing Lost Stars: A Novel
    Kim van Alkemade
    Cover of Breath Taking: A Memoir of Family, Genes, and Broken Dreams
    Non­fic­tion
    Breath Tak­ing: A Mem­oir of Fam­i­ly, Genes, and Bro­ken Dreams
    Jes­si­ca Fein
    Cover of Duplicity: My Mothers' Secrets
    Non­fic­tion
    Duplic­i­ty: My Moth­ers’ Secrets
    Don­na Freed
    Cover of Family Family
    Fic­tion
    Fam­i­ly Family
    Lau­rie Frankel
    Essay

    The Untold His­to­ry of Adop­tion Before Roe

    Gabrielle Glaser
    October 24, 2022
    Cover of Jacob and the Mandolin Adventure
    Fic­tion
    Jacob and the Man­dolin Adventure
    Anne Dublin
    Cover of From Mistakes to Miracles: A Jewish Birthmother’s Story of Redemption, Hope, & Healing
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    From Mis­takes to Mir­a­cles: A Jew­ish Birthmother’s Sto­ry of Redemp­tion, Hope, & Healing
    Lori Prashk­er-Thomas
    Cover of The Earthquake Child: A Novel
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    The Earth­quake Child: A Novel
    Elayne Klas­son
    Cover of The Seventh Handmaiden
    Fic­tion
    The Sev­enth Handmaiden
    Judith Pransky
    Cover of American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption
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    Amer­i­can Baby: A Moth­er, a Child, and the Shad­ow His­to­ry of Adoption
    Gabrielle Glaser
    Essay

    When Silence Speaks Volumes 

    Mar­ra B. Gad
    June 12, 2020
    Cover of The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed Race Jewish Girl
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    The Col­or of Love: A Sto­ry of a Mixed Race Jew­ish Girl
    Mar­ra B. Gad
    Essay

    ‘If Not Now, When?’ Mar­ra B. Gad On Writ­ing Her Story

    Mar­ra B. Gad
    December 23, 2019
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    It’s a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Oth­er Jew­ish Stories
    Lau­ra Silverman
    Kather­ine Locke
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    The Length of a String
    Elis­sa Brent Weissman
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