02274cam a2200373 i 4500 1598301797 TxAuBib 20240918120000.0 240909s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781250865229 hardcover $29.99 1250865220 hardcover $29.99 (OCoLC)1455279420 TxAuBib rda Hoppe, Jessica, author. First in the family [Book] : a story of survival, recovery, and the American dream / Jessica Hoppe. Story of survival, recovery, and the American dream. First edition. New York : Flatiron Books, 2024. x, 257 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. 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 despise -- The myth of the model minority. "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"-- Provided by publisher. 20240918. Hoppe, Jessica. Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcoholics United States Biography. American Dream. Racism United States. Autobiographies. RV8