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A Book for This Season: Liana Finck’s “Passing for Human”

JL;DR SUMMARY Liana Finck's graphic memoir "Passing for Human" is a profound exploration of self-discovery and acceptance, framed within a Jewish context of teshuvah, or return to one's true self. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityTeshuvahPersonal GrowthSelf DiscoveryLiana FinckGraphic MemoirHigh Holy DaysSoul SearchingShadow MetaphorAshley P. Taylor

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Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Ashley P. Taylor is a writer and journalist in Brooklyn, New York."

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