{"product_id":"first-in-the-family-a-story-of-survival-recovery-and-the-american-dream-hardcover","title":"First in the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessica Hoppe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unflinching and intimate memoir of recovery by Jessica Hoppe, Latinx writer, advocate, and creator of NuevaYorka. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A powerful thunderclap of a memoir.\" --Lilliam Rivera, author of \u003ci\u003eDealing in Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024: Today.com, \u003ci\u003e LupitaReads, Electric Literature, Esquire, Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Recovering\u003c\/i\u003e by Leslie Jamison, \u003ci\u003eSomebody's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e by Ashley C. Ford, and\u003ci\u003e Heavy\u003c\/i\u003e by Kiese Laymon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the first year of quarantine, drug overdoses spiked, the highest ever recorded. And Hoppe's cousin was one of them. \"I never learned the true history of substance use disorder in my family,\" Hoppe writes. \"People just disappeared.\" At the time of her cousin's death, she'd been in recovery for nearly four years, but she hadn't told anyone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFirst in the Family\u003c\/i\u003e, Hoppe shares her journey, the first in her family to do so, and takes the reader on a remarkable investigation of her family's history, the American Dream, and the erasure of BIPOC from recovery institutions and narratives, leaving the reader with an urgent message of hope.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Hoppe\u003c\/b\u003e is a Honduran Ecuadorian writer and creator of @NuevaYorka. She has been featured on ABC News, and Pa'lante! Max. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eLatino Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Jessica is a board member of Time of Butterflies, a nonprofit supporting families through domestic abuse recovery, and is an organizer with the CentAm \u0026amp; Isthmian Writers group. She lives in New York City. \u003ci\u003eFirst in the Family \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.7 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752207778080,"sku":"9781250865229","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c50064b31a84784eb9156ced70d2a853.webp?v=1779989988","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/first-in-the-family-a-story-of-survival-recovery-and-the-american-dream-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}