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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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Non­fic­tion
Unex­pect­ed Pas­sages, 1940 – 41 
Rachel Scheer
Cover of In the Shadow of the Greenbrier
Fic­tion
In the Shad­ow of the Greenbrier
Emi­ly Matchar
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
Cover of Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp
Non­fic­tion
Togeth­er in Man­za­nar: The True Sto­ry of a Japan­ese Jew­ish Fam­i­ly in an Amer­i­can Con­cen­tra­tion Camp
Tra­cy Slater
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
Interview

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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Fic­tion
City of Laughter
Temim Fruchter
Essay

The Gim­mel in ​“The Great Gimmelmans”

Lee Matthew Goldberg
January 1, 2024
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