Book
First in the family : a story of survival, recovery, and the American dream / Jessica Hoppe.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250865229 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: x, 257 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2024.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Hoppe, Jessica. Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcoholics > United States > Biography. American Dream. Racism > United States. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. Personal narratives. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | 362.292092 Hoppe | 31681010387769 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Latinx writer, advocate, and creator of @NuevaYorka delivers an intimate memoir of her recovery journey as a person of color, exploring her familyâs history of substance-use disorder while offering a powerful message of hope and resilience. - Baker & Taylor
"A memoir chronicling the author's recovery, deconstructing American exceptionalism and whiteness within powerful institutions such as AA, and reconciling the personal, familial, historical, and political to interrupt cycles of harm"-- - McMillan Palgrave
An unflinching and intimate memoir of recovery by Jessica Hoppe, Latinx writer, advocate, and creator of NuevaYorka.
âA powerful thunderclap of a memoir.â âLilliam Rivera, author of Dealing in Dreams
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024: Today.com, LupitaReads, Electric Literature, Esquire, Publishers Weekly
In this deeply moving and lyrical memoir, Hoppe shares an intimate, courageous account of what it means to truly interrupt cycles of harm. For readers of The Recovering by Leslie Jamison, Somebodyâs Daughter by Ashley C. Ford, and Heavy by Kiese Laymon.
During the first year of quarantine, drug overdoses spiked, the highest ever recorded. And Hoppeâs cousin was one of them. âI never learned the true history of substance use disorder in my family,â Hoppe writes. âPeople just disappeared.â At the time of her cousinâs death, sheâd been in recovery for nearly four years, but she hadnât told anyone.
In First in the Family, Hoppe shares her journey, the first in her family to do so, and takes the reader on a remarkable investigation of her familyâs history, the American Dream, and the erasure of BIPOC from recovery institutions and narratives, leaving the reader with an urgent message of hope.
