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STARRED REVIEW

Nobody Will Tell You This but Me

Bess Kalb’s heartfelt, hilarious memoir pays tribute to her beloved—and opinionated—grandma.

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Review of ‘Nobody Will Tell You This but Me’

In 2011, Bess Kalb received a rambling voicemail from her beloved grandmother, Bobby Bell, reminiscing about how she would fly between Florida and New York every week to babysit Kalb as a baby while Kalb’s mother worked. “I was an old lady! But I loved you. And I’d sit there in their terrible apartment by the hospital…

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Bess Kalb's heartfelt, hilarious memoir pays tribute to her beloved—and opinionated—grandma.

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