Crying in the Bathroom Book by Erika L. Sánchez

Crying in the Bathroom

Author: Erika L. Sánchez

Format: Paperback
Genre: Latinx Literature / Memoir
Language: English
Audience: Adult / Young Adult

Description

Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the nineties, Erika Sánchez was a self-described pariah, misfit, and disappointment—a foul-mouthed, melancholic rabble-rouser who painted her nails black but also loved comedy, often laughing so hard with her friends that she had to leave her school classroom. 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, Sánchez writes about everything from sex to white feminism to debilitating depression, revealing an interior life rich with ideas, self-awareness, and perception. 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.

Themes

• Mental health

• Identity & cultural belonging

• Family expectations & personal growth

• Creativity, resilience & self-acceptance

A portion of the purchase of this book goes directly to community groups and organizations (listed in this collection’s description). Our goal is to support communities that have been historically marginalized and impacted by systemic oppression.