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SUMMARY:Coalition's Reading Room: "Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy\,"
  by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
DESCRIPTION:In her deeply engaging\, astonishingly candid memoir\, author a
 nd\nactivist Letty Cottin Pogrebin exposes the fiercely guarded lies and\n
 intricate cover-ups woven by dozens of members of her extended\nfamily.\n\
 nJake Nevins\,&nbsp\;New York Times\, writes “A frank and often amusing\
 ntabulation of well-kept family secrets... a story of high-stakes\nmelodra
 ma and surreptitious relations\, in which runaway brides\, false\nmarriage
 s\, lost children and other moral crises abound. But there is\nmore here t
 han&nbsp\;mishegas.”\n\nJoin us!\n\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nFemini
 st Icon Letty Cottin Pogrebin\, ‘Shanda’ Author\n&nbsp\;\n\nOctober 20
 22\n\n\n\nHadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein interviews femin
 ist icon Letty Cottin Pogrebin\, one of the founding editors of Ms. Magazi
 ne\, about her new memoir "Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy."\n\nIn h
 er deeply intimate account\, Pogrebin reveals the fear of shame and stigma
  that indelibly marked her upbringing in an immigrant Jewish family in Que
 ens\, N.Y. With wit\, humor and affection\, Pogrebin\, who states that “
 happiness lies in a secret-free life\,” slowly uncovers family foibles\,
  secrets and deceptions\, and shares a few of her own\, capturing universa
 l truths about families\, truth-telling and the price of guilt. Read an ex
 cerpt from the book here.&nbsp\;\n\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n\n[gravityform id="3"
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