Faltas

<p><b>From legendary activist and <i>Pose</i> actress Cecilia Gentili comes the groundbreaking debut of a transgender Latina childhood that re-orders the field of LGBTQ+ memoir</b></p><p><b>Winner of the 2023 ALA Stonewall Book Award Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award - </b><b>As heard on NPR's <i>Latino USA </i>- Finalist for the 2023 Lambda Literary Award for Best Transgender Non-Fiction</b><br><b><br></b>In these hilarious and heartbreaking letters Cecilia Gentili reinvents the trans memoir putting the confession squarely between the writer and her enemies paramours and friends. Writing to childhood figures such as her rapist's daughter her father's mistress her best friend and her mother Gentili probes deeply into the bitter cruelty buried secrets and delicious gossip of a small town. Is she here for revenge or forgiveness? Both! And more! A story of sex theft murder motherhood and outrageous fashion choices <i>Faltas </i>is a beautiful messy meditation on what it takes to heal or even grow.</p>