First in the Family by Jessica Hoppe
First in the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream
by Jessica Hoppe
An unflinching and intimate memoir of recovery by Jessica Hoppe, Latinx writer, advocate, and creator of NuevaYorka.
April 12, Chaps Intros & Book giveaways
April 19, Chaps 1-9
April 26, Chaps 10-18
May 3, Chaps 19-27 (Jessica Hoppe will join the conversation)
May 10, Chaps 28-35
Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm, Apr 15, 22, 29, & May 6
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April 15, Chaps 1-9
April 22, Chaps 10-18
Apr 29, Chaps 19-27
May 6, Chaps 28-35
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024: Today.com, LupitaReads, Electric Literature, Esquire, Publishers Weekly
In this deeply moving and lyrical memoir, Jessica Hoppe shares an intimate, courageous account of what it means to truly interrupt cycles of harm. Perfect for fans 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,” In First in the Family, 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.
