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Hoppe, Jessica, author.

First in the family : a story of survival, recovery, and the American dream / Jessica Hoppe.

[Hardcover edition].

First edition.

New York : Flatiron Books, 2024.

x, 257 pages ; 24 cm

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.

Dream on -- Location, location, location -- Workhorse -- Shadow self -- Lost in succession -- Humildad -- Traviesa -- 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 -- 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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-257).

Hoppe, Jessica.

Alcoholics Anonymous.

Alcoholics -- United States -- Biography.

American Dream.

Racism -- United States.

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