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First in the family a story of survival, recovery, and the American dream

"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"--

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Main Author: Hoppe, Jessica (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Flatiron Books, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Hoppe, Jessica.
Alcoholics > United States > Biography.
American Dream.
Racism > United States.
Autobiographies.
Informational works.
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Table of Contents:
  • Dream on
  • Location, location, location
  • Workhorse
  • Shadow self
  • Lost in succession
  • Humildad
  • Traviesa / survival artist
  • D(rug) A(buse) R(esistance) E(ducation)
  • The rhythm is gonna getcha
  • My mother's daughter
  • Sick as our secrets
  • Thirst trap
  • Lightweight
  • Dependent
  • Red flags, green light
  • Unreliable narrator
  • Rock bottom
  • Intemperance
  • The baptist
  • Inheritance
  • Concepción
  • Abandono
  • You never have to drink again
  • Sinvergüenza
  • Land of the free / almost fifty
  • Nine days with unborn
  • Family disease
  • Price of admission
  • The AA MFA
  • It works if you work it
  • Off the ropes
  • The tenth tradition
  • We need more stories of recovery
  • Claiming an identity they taught me to hate
  • The myth of the model minority.

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