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001			1377501958
003			OCLC
005			20250627153935.0
008			230415s2023 nyu b 000 0aeng
010			_a2023016024
020			_a9781538757185
020			_a1538757184
037			_bGrand Central Pub, C/O Little Brown & Co Order Dept 53 State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 02109 _nSAN 200-2205
040			_cAJMM
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050	0	0	_aE184.M5 _bC354 2023
082	0	0	_a305.48/86872073092
082	0	0	_aB _223/eng/20230425
100	1		_aCampoverdi, Alejandra, _eauthor. _920858
245	1	0	_aFirst gen : _ba memoir / _cAlejandra Campoverdi.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bGrand Central Publishing, _c2023.
300			_a273 pages : _b22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aFast car -- Born on the bayou -- Amor eterno -- Keep their heads ringin' -- Crash into me -- Pacific coast party -- How to save a life -- Everlong -- La trenza -- It's only love that gets you through.
520			_a"From former White House aide to President Obama and Harvard graduate, Alejandra Campoverdi, comes a riveting and unflinching memoir on navigating social mobility as a first gen Latina, offering a broad examination of the unacknowledged emotional tolls ofbeing a trailblazer. To be a First and Only in America is a delicate balancing act of surviving where you come from while acting like you belong where you're going. Alejandra Campoverdi has been a child on welfare, a White House aide to President Obama,a gang member's girlfriend, and a candidate for U.S. Congress. She's ridden on Air Force One and in G-rides. She's modeled on the pages of Maxim and had a double mastectomy. Living a life of contradictory extremes often comes with the territory when you're a "First and Only." It also comes at a price. With candor and heart, Alejandra retraces her trajectory as a Mexican American woman raised by an immigrant single mother in Los Angeles, foregoing the tidy bullet points of her resume and shining a light onthe spaces between them instead. What emerges is a moving testimony of personal struggle and triumph that shatters the one-dimensional glossy narrative we are often sold of what it takes to achieve the American Dream. Alejandra uses her own experiences to illustrate the emotional tolls First and Onlys often face that are widespread yet rarely acknowledged, providing a road to truth and healing in the process. It is a timely and revealing reflection, as social class continues to be a key determinant of career success. Part memoir, part manifesto, FIRST GEN is a story of generational inheritance, aspiration, and belonging - a poignant journey to "reclaim the parts of ourselves we sacrificed in order to survive.""-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aCampoverdi, Alejandra. _920858
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bWhite House Communications Office _xOfficials and employees _vBiography. _920859
650		0	_aMexican American women _vBiography. _920860
650		0	_aChildren of immigrants _zUnited States _vBiography. _920861
650		0	_aBreast _xCancer _xGenetic aspects. _920862
650		7	_aErogenous body parts. _2homoit _920863
650		7	_aSecondary sex characteristics. _2homoit _920864
907			_a.b180833972
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
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