Mother, Can You Not?

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By Kate Siegel ‘11

Published May 20, 2016

Kate Seigel ’11 created the Instagram account @CrazyJewishMom to document her hilarious text conversations with her mother. The account now has more than 800,000 followers and has been featured everywhere from Buzzfeed to People. Mother Can You Not? is a memoir that provides the backstories to these laugh-out-loud texts.

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