Description
From legendary activist and Pose actress Cecilia Gentili comes the groundbreaking debut of a transgender Latina childhood that re-orders the field of LGBTQ+ memoir
Winner of the 2023 ALA Stonewall Book Award Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award – As heard on NPR’s Latino USA – Finalist for the 2023 Lambda Literary Award for Best Transgender Non-Fiction
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, or even grow.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Cecilia Gentili
Published: 10/04/2022
Publisher: Littlepuss Press
ISBN: 9781736716823
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 0.60″ H x 7.00″ L x 4.90″ W
About the Author
Originally from Argentina, Cecilia Gentili came to the USA pursuing a safer life as a transgender
woman. She lived undocumented for 10 years, hustling doing sex work which came with drug
use. After surviving arrests and an immigration detention, she accessed recovery services and
won asylum. She subsequently served as Director of Policy at Gay Men’s Health Crisis and
founded Transgender Equity Consulting, which works to ensure all people living on the margins
receive dignity and respect. A storyteller and actress, Cecilia has appeared in FX’s Pose and her
own one-woman show. Faltas is her first book.
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