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Crying in the Bathroom

Crying in the Bathroom

by Erika L. Sánchez

Viking ·2022 ·256 pages
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From the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, an utterly original memoir-in-essays that is as deeply moving as it is hilariously funny Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the '90s, Erika Sanchez 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, acerbic wit, and singular powers of perception about the world around her. In these essays, Sanchez 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 Sanchez at her best—a book that will make you feel that post-confessional high that comes from talking for hours with your best friend.


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"This book is a great gift of hope."

Sharmila Mukherjee· The Minneapolis Star Tribune Read review ↗ Top of the Pile

"Sánchez spares no detail in relating her life experiences ..."

Diego Báez· Booklist Read review ↗ Top of the Pile

"It is easy to imagine a vulnerable reader gobbling up Sánchez' honesty and her reassurances that sorrow does not preclude pleasure."

Melissa Febos· The New York Times Read review ↗ Top of the Pile

"With animated, often hilarious, vignettes from a multicultural youth spent yearning for the solitude necessary for writing, Crying in the Bathroom finds the author immensely grateful for the good fortune of the present, for a splendid study of her own and the sacrifices her hardworking parents made so their daughter could pursue her literary dreams and lead a life of the mind."

Shahina Piyarali· Shelf Awareness Read review ↗ Top of the Pile

"It's also humorous, contemplative and so conversational that it feels like she's telling the story of her life over a cup of coffee with a blunt on the side."

Keishel Williams· The Washington Post Read review ↗ Top of the Pile

"The result is another satisfying addition to Sánchez's deeply moving body of works."

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"A rewarding debut memoir in which a sensitive soul finds salvation in poetry and a life in literature."

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