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Ruth Behar

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Havana, Cuba

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	Lucky Broken Girl 3.96 avg rating — 3,387 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart 4.14 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters from Cuba 4.30 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Translated Woman: Crossing the Border with Esperanza's Story 3.85 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1993 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Traveling Heavy: A Memoir in between Journeys really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women Writing Culture 4.16 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba 3.92 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bridges to Cuba/Puentes a Cuba 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything I Kept: Todo Lo Que Guardé 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Portable Island: Cubans at Home in the World by Ruth Behar (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lucia M. Suarez (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Traveling Heavy: A Memoir in between Journeys (Travel)

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“I was touched by the honesty and courage that I felt it took for you, an academic, to write a book as personal as this one.”
― Ruth Behar, The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart

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“Now I know why they call sick people by the word 'patient'. The patient has to have patience. Wait and wait and wait and not lose hope" -Ruthie”
― Ruth Behar, Lucky Broken Girl

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“But wherever I go, I know I will feel most at home with the wounded of the world, who hold their heads up high no matter how broken they may seem.”
― Ruth Behar, Lucky Broken Girl

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See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng

34 votes 24.1%

Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar

32 votes 22.7%

The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue

21 votes 14.9%

Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner (write-in)

13 votes 9.2%

Beyond the Bright Sea (write-in)

11 votes 7.8%

The Secret Project by Jonah Winter

8 votes 5.7%

Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry

8 votes 5.7%

The Hate U Give (write-in)

4 votes 2.8%

The Lottery's Plus One (write-in)

3 votes 2.1%

See You In The Cosmos

2 votes 1.4%

The King's Locket by Jacob Stull (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

Lucky Broken Girl (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

Forget Me Not (write-in)

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Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry (write-in)

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The King's Locket (write-in)

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