{"product_id":"book-i9sh","title":"First in the Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis program is read by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unflinching and intimate memoir of recovery by Jessica Hoppe, Latinx writer, advocate, and creator of NuevaYorka.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A powerful thunderclap of a memoir.” —Lilliam Rivera, author of \u003ci\u003eDealing in Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024: Today.com,\u003ci\u003e LupitaReads, Electric Literature, Esquire, Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this deeply moving and lyrical memoir, Hoppe shares an intimate, courageous account of what it means to truly interrupt cycles of harm. Perfect for fans 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFirst in the Family\u003c\/i\u003e, Hoppe shares her journey, the first in her family to do so, and takes the listener 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49350115197232,"sku":"BDi9sh","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/i9sh-cover.jpg?v=1758573842","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i9sh","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}