{"product_id":"bad-habit-hardcover","title":"Bad Habit - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlana S. Portero\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMara Faye Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eBad Habit\u003c\/em\u003e] shows us that a 'trans novel' can actually be anything it wants to be.\" -\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A novel that could very well serve as a surrogate mother for future children who grow up lonely and trans.\" -\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I urge you, read Alana S. Portero's \u003cem\u003eBad Habit \u003c\/em\u003eto fully grasp the degree of adversity, pain, and danger endured by those growing up trans.\" -Pedro Almodóvar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCombining the raw realism and vulnerability of \u003cem\u003eShuggie Bain\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDetransition, Baby\u003c\/em\u003e with the poignant sensibility of Pedro Almodóvar, a staggering coming-of-age novel deeply rooted in the struggles of a trans woman growing up in Madrid.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnchored by the voice of its sweet and defiant narrator, \u003cem\u003eBad Habit\u003c\/em\u003e casts a trans woman's trying youth as a heartfelt odyssey. Raised in an animated yet impoverished blue-collar neighborhood, Alana S. Portero's protagonist struggles to find her place. As the city around her changes-the heroin epidemic that ravages Madrid through the '80s and '90s, rallying calls of worker solidarity and the pulsing beat of the city's night scene- she becomes increasingly detached from the world and, most crucially, herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet through her eyes, the streets and people of Madrid are illuminated by a poetry absent from everyday life. And by this guiding light she begins to plot her own course, from Margarita, the local trans woman whose unspoken kinship both captivates and frightens her, to Jay, her first love and source of an inevitable heartbreak, to the irrepressible diva Caramel. As she forges ahead, she sets her compass to a personal north star: endeavoring to find herself. But with each step forward, she is confronted by a violence she doesn't yet know how to counter; in this exciting, often terrifying, world each choice is truly a matter of life and death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her first novel, Alana S. Portero strikingly underscores the ties between gender and class, the search for identity, and the power of sisterhood and community. Gentle but blistering, \u003cem\u003eBad Habit\u003c\/em\u003e is a mesmerizing story of self-realization that speaks to the outsider in all of us. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Mara Faye Lethem\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44416479166566,"sku":"9780063336124","price":36.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/JJUztYAxg79780063336124.webp?v=1770033039","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/bad-habit-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}