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Faltas : Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn't My Rapist
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A rich and moving epistolary memoir about transgender childhood, sexual trauma, motherhood, and a young queer life in 1970s Argentina

WINNER OF THE ALA STONEWALL BOOK AWARD

As heard on NPR's Latino USA

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, Faltas is a beautiful, messy meditation on what it takes to heal, and even grow.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781736716823
  • ISBN-10: 1736716824
  • Publisher: Littlepuss Press
  • Publish Date: October 2022
  • Dimensions: 7 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.5 pounds
  • Page Count: 208

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