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Autobiography & Memoir

Essay

Invis­i­ble Legacies

Yael Schon­brun
March 27, 2023
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Non­fic­tion
Bibi: My Story
Ben­jamin Netanyahu
Essay

Sto­ries That Don’t End

Jane Sag­i­naw
March 6, 2023
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After­math: Com­ing of Age on Three Continents
Annette Libeskind Berkovits
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The Absent Moon: A Mem­oir of a Short Child­hood and a Long Depression
Luiz Schwarcz; Eric M. B. Becker, trans.
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Return to Latvia
Marina Jarre; Ann Goldstein, trans.
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Chil­dren’s
On the Move: Home Is Where You Find It
Michael Rosen; Quentin Blake, illus.
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The Daugh­ter of Auschwitz: My Sto­ry of Resilience, Sur­vival and Hope
Tova Fried­man
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Return­ing from Silence: Jenny’s Story
Michèle Sarde, Ruper Swyer, trans; 
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Shan­da: A Mem­oir of Shame and Secrecy
Let­ty Cot­tin Pogrebin
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Depar­ture Sto­ries: Bet­ty Crock­er Made Mat­zoh Balls (and oth­er lies) 
Elisa Ber­nick
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Cas­soulet Con­fes­sions: Food, France and the Stew That Saved My Soul
Sylvie Bigar
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One-Legged Mon­goose: Secrets, Lega­cies, and Com­ing of Age in the 1950’s New York
Marc J. Straus
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Din­ners with Ruth: A Mem­oir on the Pow­er of Friendships
Nina Toten­berg
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Jer­sey Breaks: Becom­ing an Amer­i­can Poet
Robert Pin­sky
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One Hun­dred Sat­ur­days: Stel­la Levi and the Search for a Lost World
Michael Frank
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