Ruth Behar
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Born
Havana, Cuba
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September 2008
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Lucky Broken Girl
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2017
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Letters from Cuba
7 editions
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2020
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The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart
6 editions
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1997
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Tía Fortuna's New Home: A Jewish Cuban Journey
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6 editions
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2022
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Translated Woman: Crossing the Border with Esperanza's Story
10 editions
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1993
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Traveling Heavy: A Memoir in between Journeys
7 editions
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2013
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An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba
7 editions
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2007
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Women Writing Culture
4 editions
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1995
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Bridges to Cuba/Puentes a Cuba
3 editions
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1996
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Everything I Kept: Todo Lo Que Guardé
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Ruth’s Recent Updates
Ruth Behar
is now friends with
Sandra Ramos
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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.”
― The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart
― The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart
“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”
― Lucky Broken Girl
― Lucky Broken Girl
“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.”
― Lucky Broken Girl
― Lucky Broken Girl
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