Bad Habit
Bad Habit
Alana S Portero (translated by Mara Faye Lethem)
Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we're loving and reviews from our contributors. Bad Habit by Alana S Portero, translated by Mara Faye Lethem, follows an unnamed trans woman as she confronts the tension between gender and class.
What We Say: “A sublime coming-of-age story about a young trans woman in Madrid. Debut author Alana Portero deftly intertwines issues of class, identity and belonging in a work of astonishing beauty and pain, aided by a cast of characters you will long to spend time with” – Maria Padget
What They Say: “Portero’s elegant storytelling catches a celestial light, illuminating the body in ways beyond language” – Eloghosa Osunde
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