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First in the Family - by Jessica Hoppe (Hardcover)

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  • An unflinching and intimate memoir of recovery by Jessica Hoppe, Latinx writer, advocate, and creator of NuevaYorka.
  • About the Author: Jessica Hoppe is a Honduran Ecuadorian writer and creator of @NuevaYorka.
  • 272 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs

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About the Book



"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"--



Book Synopsis



An unflinching and intimate memoir of recovery by Jessica Hoppe, Latinx writer, advocate, and creator of NuevaYorka.

"A powerful thunderclap of a memoir." --Lilliam 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, Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford, and Heavy by Kiese Laymon.

During 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.

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 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.



Review Quotes




"[A] stunning... deeply moving memoir about how understanding our histories--both present and past--allows for recovery and healing rooted in the politics of liberation."
―BookPage (starred review)

"First in the Family does the mammoth work of bending backward and forward, weaving a multivalent story that asks us to consider the actual, and often awesome, debris of necessary fracture. A beautiful piece of art."
―Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy

"A gripping narrative of generational addiction... This is an essential read, offering profound insights into the complexities of addiction in families and the often-obscured and difficult path to recovery." ―Booklist

"Hoppe debuts with a bold and illuminating account of getting sober and her attempts to 'decolonize recovery' by deconstructing ingrained narratives about people of color and substance abuse... She presents her findings in sharp, forceful prose, effortlessly weaving together her personal story and her insights into the intersection between race and sobriety. This is essential reading."
―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"An illuminating and intense reading experience." --Kirkus

"First in the Family is a riveting memoir, but also a tender guide to overcoming -- addiction, trauma, colonialism. It takes a writer with great emotional intelligence and generosity to trace the harrowing moments of her life back to the invisible systems and structures that damage every one of us. Jessica Hoppe has done that more." --Alejandro Varela, author of The Town of Babylon

"Jessica Hoppe writes with grace and gripping candor about being the first in her family to recover from addiction in this fiery debut memoir." --Esquire

"Jessica Hoppe's First in the Family crackles like a bonfire: fierce and wise, bearing light and warmth. I read it in a single sitting, breathless and grateful, spellbound by a voice vibrating with insight, compassion, and candor, and a reckoning unafraid to wrestle fully with the important truths and histories at stake. Like so many American traditions, recovery in the U.S. has been dominated by whiteness that claims what it did not discover and refuses to listen to what it doesn't want to hear, but Hoppe's stunning book invites us into the next, necessary chapter of our collective recovery from our deluded dreams, challenging us to remember James Baldwin's call: 'Everything now, we must assume, is in our hands; we have no right to assume otherwise.' Hoppe does not assume otherwise. Instead, she tells her story and follows it outward into a stunning illumination of American life." -Leslie Jamison, New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams

"A powerful thunderclap of a memoir, Jessica Hoppe's First in the Family is a rich excavation of one woman's descent into addiction and the power found in laying it all bare. Hoppe's uncompromising voice doesn't hide behind platitudes but gently unravels damaging legacies tied to the "American Dream" with a much-needed critique of the recovery movement. A triumphant example of hope where breaking harmful cycles is not found in the individual achievement but in a collective one." -Lilliam Rivera, award-winning author of Dealing in Dreams

"First in the Family is truth-telling at its finest. At once raw and brilliant, Jessica Hoppe's debut memoir breaks not only family cycles, but the cycle of the American Dream: a patriarchal, white, racist, misogynist nightmare that doesn't stand a chance in the face of Hoppe's cutthroat pen. Everyone can learn from this level of honesty. We are fortunate to live at the same time as a writer like Jessica." -Javier Zamora, New York Times bestselling author of Solito

"First in the Family sings with love and shouts with rage, offering an uplifting account of resilience and recovery even while calling out the seductive dangers of the American Dream. Jessica Hoppe has crafted an important, pathbreaking contribution by distilling the historical stakes of the addiction crisis, while simultaneously presenting a wrenching and unique personal narrative. It's an insightful chronicle of the burdens of specialness, the weight of intergenerational trauma, and the stigma of addiction. In the end, it's an inspiring and essential message that there are numerous and diverse pathways of recovery." -Carl Erik Fisher, M.D., author of The Urge

"First in the Family is the book I've been waiting for: A powerful reckoning combined with an inspiring sense of freedom. Perfect for anyone questioning their relationship with alcohol, and looking for an honest account of what it takes to navigate sobriety as a woman of color." -Lupita Aquino, LupitaReads




About the Author



Jessica Hoppe 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 Latino Book Review, the New York Times, Vogue, 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 & Isthmian Writers group. She lives in New York City. First in the Family is her debut memoir.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.7 Inches (H) x 6.1 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Personal Memoirs
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Number of Pages: 272
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
Author: Jessica Hoppe
Language: English
Street Date: September 10, 2024
TCIN: 90858550
UPC: 9781250865229
Item Number (DPCI): 247-50-1222
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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