{"product_id":"mexican-hooker-1-isbn-9780345813855","title":"Mexican Hooker #1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning follow-up to Carmen Aguirre's bestselling first memoir, \u003ci\u003eSomething Fierce\u003c\/i\u003e. A powerful, heartfelt, and grippingly honest memoir of finding meaning in life and developing the strength to confront a childhood trauma.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarmen Aguirre has lived many lives, all of them to the fullest. At age six she was a Chilean refugee adjusting to life as a Latina in North America. At eighteen she was a revolutionary dissident. In her early twenties she fought to find her voice as an actor and to break away from the stereotypical roles thrust upon her--Housekeeper, Hotel Maid, Mexican Hooker #1. Aguirre became a writer, a director, an actor, and then a mother, but alongside her many multi-faceted identities was another that was unbearable to embrace yet impossible to escape: that of the thirteen-year-old girl attacked by one of Canada's most feared rapists. Thirty-three years after the assault, Aguirre decided it was time to meet the man who changed her life.\u003cbr\u003e     Fierce, funny, and enlightening, Aguirre interweaves her account of overcoming the attack that shook her world with a host of stories of life and love. From the end of the Chilean revolutionary dream to life among the Chicano theatre scene of Los Angeles; from the child who was made the victim of a terrible crime to the artist who found the courage to confront her assailant, Aguirre tells a story of strength and survival that will leave you speechless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2017 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (BC Book Awards)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In her pursuit of art in the everyday, in Vancouver’s basement theatre scene though also her own marvellous writing so much in evidence here, Aguirre finds expression but also a way forward—examining her own behaviour ruthlessly, discovering kinship with First Nations, and using the sum of these experiences to transcend the violence of a rape that might have ruined any other child. This is extraordinary and, often unexpectedly, beautiful reading.” —\u003cb\u003eNoah Richler\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Is My Country, What’s Yours? A Literary Atlas of Canada \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhat We Talk About When We Talk About War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What a bold, brave, and wise artist Carmen Aguirre is. Despite some soul-crushing experiences in her past, she’s written a memoir that’s life-affirming, awe-inspiring, and even wickedly funny in parts. \u003ci\u003eMexican Hooker #1\u003c\/i\u003e has a lot to teach us about the ways of the world.” —\u003cb\u003eNeil Smith\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eBoo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book roars with a kind of courage one rarely witnesses in this world. It is a harrowing read, horrific yet unexpectedly—almost impossibly—tender. Carmen Aguirre will show you what compassion truly looks like. And the final few pages will leave you gobsmacked.” —\u003cb\u003eAlison Wearing\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Fairy’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHoneymoon in Purdah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“How many shocks can the body and mind endure? Carmen Aguirre has a courage and love of life that feeds her writing. Each valuable day is of interest to her. But again, how much pain can be absorbed without the mind detaching? I read all Aguirre’s work with fascination and a kind of awe, but \u003ci\u003eMexican Hooker #1\u003c\/i\u003e takes us further inside. The shocks are hitting us as we read.” —\u003cb\u003eHeather Mallick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“[P]rofoundly intimate. . . . Never less than mesmerizing.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaclean’\u003c\/i\u003es\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Yes, this is a book that draws tears, but Aguirre is a merciful dramatist at heart, and so she works to move through events rather than leaving us mired in past wounds. Her powerful heart and appetite for experience ensures that the story, despite being one of trauma recovery, never feels maudlin or torturous. \u003ci\u003eMexican Hooker #1\u003c\/i\u003e is more than brave—it is dauntless, and Aguirre’s telling of it, even in its devastating moments, accomplishes what she set out to do: integrate it all in order to bare her true self.” —\u003cb\u003eNaomi Skwarna, \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Heart-stopping and indelibly beautiful, the story Aguirre tells is exquisite and excruciating, honest and unbelievably courageous.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVancouver Sun \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMexican Hooker #1: And My Other Roles Since The Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e picks up where her celebrated memoir Something Fierce left off. Loaded with hard lessons and painful memories, the book revisits everything from broken oaths of silence to a face-to-face conversation with the man who raped her.” —\u003cb\u003eCBC Radio \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMexican Hooker #1 \u003c\/i\u003eis more than just a single story and a reminder that there’s much more to this woman than her past as a teenage revolutionary or rape survivor.” —\u003cb\u003eSue Carter, \u003ci\u003eMetro \u003c\/i\u003e(Toronto) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eMexican Hooker #1\u003c\/i\u003e] is funny—in spite of the raw, horrific subject matter at its heart.” —\u003cb\u003eMarsha Lederman, \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In her sharply funny, deeply passionate voice, Aguirre tells stories from her many lives—refugee, revolutionary dissident, drama student, director, mother and sexual assault survivor.” —\u003cb\u003eCBC Books \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMexican Hooker #1\u003c\/i\u003e is open and raw, like Aguirre’s life. Once started, I could not put it down. . . . I admire her courage and vulnerability, and envy her ability to bring such overwhelming emotion and disquieting memories to the page.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[A]n incredibly effective and beautiful memoir.” —\u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eMexican Hooker #1\u003c\/i\u003e is] an engaging, terrific read. It’s no wonder that drama infuses every aspect of Carmen Aguirre’s life as she’s an actor and playwright, but once you factor in revolutionary, things get ramped up to a frantic level. . . . Stylistically the book is raw and vibrant, bursting with energy. Sex and love are examined candidly. Aguirre doesn’t cut herself any slack and is utterly fearless, it appears, in revealing her desires and her mistakes. And sometimes her sexual escapades are just downright hilarious. . . . \u003ci\u003eMexican Hooker #1\u003c\/i\u003e works on many engaging levels. And what is terrific is that while it reveals many details of Aguirre’s life, in particular her coming to grips with how the rape affected her, there’s no doubt enough unwritten material to comprise another volume sometime in the future.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vancouver Sun \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eSomething Fierce\u003c\/i\u003e] is a book that all but demanded a sequel. Now we have it, and \u003ci\u003eMexican Hooker #1 and My Other Roles Since the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e appears set to make its conversation-starting predecessor look like a mere warm-up.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gazette \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCARMEN AGUIRRE is a Vancouver-based writer and theatre artist who has worked extensively in North and South America. She has written or co-written twenty plays, including \u003ci\u003eThe Refugee Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for a 2010 Dora Mavor Moore Award for best new play. Her most recent one-woman show is \u003ci\u003eBlue Box\u003c\/i\u003e. Aguirre has sixty film, TV, and stage acting credits, including lead roles in the Showcase series \u003ci\u003eEndgame\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eQuinceañera\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Her first memoir, \u003ci\u003eSomething Fierce\u003c\/i\u003e, won Canada Reads in 2012, was a finalist for the Charles Taylor Prize, and was a #1 national bestseller.","brand":"Vintage Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304018530533,"sku":"NP9780345813855","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780345813855.jpg?v=1767732601","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mexican-hooker-1-isbn-9780345813855","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}