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From the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, an utterly original memoir-in-essays that is as deeply moving as it is disarmingly funny
Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the ‘90s, Erika L. Sánchez was a self-described pariah, misfit, and disappointment—a foul-mouthed, melancholic rabble-rouser who painted her nails black but also loved comedy and dreamed of an unlikely life as a poet. Twenty-five years later, she’s now an award-winning novelist, poet, and essayist, but she’s still got an irrepressible laugh, an acerbic wit, and singular powers of perception about the world around her.
In these essays about everything from sex to white feminism to debilitating depression to the redemptive pursuits of spirituality, art, and travel, Sánchez reveals an interior life that is rich with ideas, self-awareness, and perception—that of a woman who charted a path entirely of her own making. Raunchy, insightful, unapologetic, and brutally honest, Crying in the Bathroom is Sánchez at her best: a book that will make you feel that post-confessional high that comes from talking for hours with your best friend.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593590478
- File size: 209738 KB
- Duration: 07:16:57
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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June 10, 2024
Poet and novelist S�nchez's (Lessons on Expulsion; I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter) storytelling talents turn inward as she frankly examines the impact of mental health struggles on her life as the daughter of Mexican immigrants growing up in Chicago in the '90s. S�nchez's essays weave around many topics, providing listeners with a full sense of her character and the experiences that shaped her resiliency. Her burgeoning career as a poet, author, and essayist is punctuated with a myriad of depressive episodes, suicidal ideation, bipolar disorder, and hospitalizations to treat her mental illnesses. S�nchez is forthright about her romantic relationships and sex life, as well as her abortion in her thirties. Intimately narrating her own story, she brings complete candidness and a bit of the bawdy to a memoir that covers a lot of ground. Her story is bursting with references and influences, and listeners will know what to read, watch, and where to visit next. VERDICT Ultimately landing on a message of hope and solidarity, S�nchez's writing is authentic and real about what it means to be a first-generation Latina. A solid addition to the feminist author memoir genre.--Lizzie Nolan
Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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