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    Autobiography & Memoir

    Cover of Crooked Lines: A Single Mom's Jewish Journey
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    Crooked Lines: A Sin­gle Mom’s Jew­ish Journey
    Jen­na Zark
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    When Your Fam­i­ly Says No: The Jour­ney To Free­dom Independence
    Laya Mar­tinez
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    Just Human: The Quest for Dis­abil­i­ty Wis­dom, Respect, and Inclusion
    Arielle Sil­ver­man
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    More Than We Expect­ed: Five Years With A Remark­able Child
    James G. Robinson
    Cover of After Effects: A Memoir of Complicated Grief
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    After Effects: A Mem­oir of Com­pli­cat­ed Grief
    Andrea Gilats
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    The Let­ters Project: A Daugh­ter’s Journey
    Eleanor Reis­sa
    Cover of Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training
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    Com­mit­ted: Dis­patch­es from a Psy­chi­a­trist in Training
    Adam Stern
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    In Sick­ness: A Memoir
    Bar­rett Rollins
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    Objects of Love and Regret: A Brook­lyn Story
    Richard Rabi­nowitz
    Cover of Scare Your Soul: 7 Powerful Principles to Harness Fear and Lead Your Most Courageous Life
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    Scare Your Soul: 7 Pow­er­ful Prin­ci­ples to Har­ness Fear and Lead Your Most Coura­geous Life
    Scott Simon
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    Bro­ken Promis­es: The Sto­ry of a Jew­ish Fam­i­ly in Germany
    Bon­nie Suchman
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    Womb Of Dia­monds: A True Adven­ture From Child Bride Of Syr­ia To Celebri­ty Busi­ness­woman Of Japan
    Ezra Choueke
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    Daugh­ter of His­to­ry: Traces of an Immi­grant Girlhood
    Susan Rubin Suleiman
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    Wis­dom Grows In My Garden
    Paul Plotkin
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    Like a Drop of Ink in a Down­pour: Mem­o­ries of Sovi­et Russia
    Yele­na and Gali­na Lembersky
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    Mup­pets in Moscow: The Unex­pect­ed Crazy True Sto­ry of Mak­ing Sesame Street in Russia
    Natasha Lance Rogoff
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