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    Items with the tag:

    family saga

    Cover of The Ghost Tattoo
    Non­fic­tion
    The Ghost Tattoo
    Tony Bernard
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    Fic­tion
    In the Shad­ow of the Greenbrier
    Emi­ly Matchar
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    Non­fic­tion
    Unex­pect­ed Pas­sages, 1940 – 41 
    Rachel Scheer
    Excerpt

    Excerpt: Unex­pect­ed Pas­sages, 1940 – 1941

    Rachel Scheer
    May 6, 2024
    Essay

    Secrets and Sur­vival: The Mem­oir That Inspired My Novel

    Roslyn Bern­stein
    May 1, 2024
    Essay

    ‘A Shared His­to­ry’: Return­ing to My Moth­er’s Roots

    Car­o­line Leavitt
    April 25, 2024
    Essay

    Grow­ing up in the Shad­ow of a Secret

    Sasha Vasi­lyuk
    April 22, 2024
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    Fic­tion
    Your Pres­ence Is Mandatory
    Sasha Vasi­lyuk
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    Bring­ing the Kurc Fam­i­ly to the Screen: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Geor­gia Hunter

    Simona Zaret­sky
    April 21, 2024
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    Fic­tion
    Fer­vor
    Toby Lloyd
    Excerpt

    The Laadu Mak­ers: My Moth­er and Grandmother’s Legacy

    Zil­ka Joseph
    February 19, 2024
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    Poet­ry
    Sweet Mal­i­da: Mem­o­ries of a Bene Israel Woman
    Zil­ka Joseph
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    Non­fic­tion
    Stranger in the Desert: A Fam­i­ly Story
    Jor­dan Salama
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    City of Laughter
    Temim Fruchter
    Essay

    The Gim­mel in ​“The Great Gimmelmans”

    Lee Matthew Goldberg
    January 1, 2024
    Essay

    Still Beni: The Life of Jane Bre­skin Zalben’s Icon­ic Bear

    Emi­ly Schneider
    October 23, 2023
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