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How a Jewish daughter's search to find her parents became a book and a play and a movie

JL;DR SUMMARY Zara Phillips' journey to find her biological parents inspired her 2018 memoir "Somebody's Daughter," which later became a one-woman show and a documentary film. 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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IdentityJewish CultureMemoirAdoptionDocumentarySelf DiscoveryZara PhillipsBiological ParentsSomebody's DaughterRichard Thompson

Places mentioned

London, England, United Kingdom
"I was the last baby left in the Jewish baby home before it closed down, Phillips told me on the phone from London recently, tripping back to what she found out years later."
New Jersey, United States
"Coincidentally, she found he lived not far from the New Jersey home she and Thompson share part-time."
North London, England, United Kingdom
"On Nov. 5, 1964, Paula Sampson was born in North London to 17-year-old Patricia Sampson."

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