Shanda : a memoir of shame and secrecy
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Author
Published
New York ; Post Hill Press, [2022].
Format
Book
Edition
[First edition].
ISBN
9781637583968, 1637583966
Physical Desc
429 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Morristown-Morris Township Library - Adult Nonfiction - New | BIOG POGREBIN | Checked Out |
Parsippany Library (Main Library) - Adult Nonfiction - New | BIOGRAPHY POGREBIN, LETTY | Checked Out |
Randolph Township Library - Adult Nonfiction - New | 813.54 POG | Checked Out |
Randolph Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 813.54 POG | Held |
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Published
New York ; Post Hill Press, [2022].
Edition
[First edition].
Language
English
ISBN
9781637583968, 1637583966
Notes
General Note
Includes glossary of Yiddish and Hebrew terms and discussion questions.
Description
The word "shanda" is defined as shame or disgrace in Yiddish. This book, Shanda, tells the story of three generations of complicated, intense 20th-century Jews for whom the desire to fit in and the fear of public humiliation either drove their aspirations or crushed their spirit. In her deeply engaging, astonishingly candid memoir, author and activist Letty Cottin Pogrebin exposes the fiercely-guarded lies and intricate cover-ups woven by dozens of members of her extended family. Beginning with her own long-suppressed secret, the story spirals through the hidden lives of her parents and relatives-revealing the truth about their origins, personal traumas, marital misery, abandoned children, religious transgressions, sexual identity, radical politics, and supposedly embarrassing illnesses. While unmasking their charades and disguises, Pogrebin also showcases her family's remarkable talent for reinvention in a narrative that is, by turns, touching, searing, and surprisingly universal.--Book jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pogrebin, L. C. (2022). Shanda: a memoir of shame and secrecy ([First edition].). Post Hill Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pogrebin, Letty Cottin. 2022. Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy. Post Hill Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pogrebin, Letty Cottin. Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy Post Hill Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pogrebin, Letty Cottin. Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy [First edition]., Post Hill Press, 2022.
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