Tas and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us [Hardcover]

From the author ofFor Brown Girls with Sharp Edgesand Tender Hearts, a celebration of the women at the heart of Latine families.

This love letter to intergenerational relationships opens every window and door to ones heart... A healing work of art. Yesika Salgado, author ofCoraz?n

Born into a large, close-knit family in Nicaragua, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodr?guez grew up surrounded by strong, kind, funny, sensitive, resilient, judgmental, messy, beautiful women. Whether blood relatives or chosen family, these t?as and primas fundamentally shaped her view of the worldand so did the labels that were used to talk about them, from the t?a loca, to the pretty prima, to the divorced t?a.

InT?as and Primas, Mojica Rodr?guez explores these archetypes, lovingly illustrated by Josie Del Castillo. Fearlessly grappling with the effects of intergenerational trauma, centuries of colonization, and sexism, this book attempts to heal the pain that is so often embodied in female family lines.T?as and Primasis a deeply felt love letter to family, community, and Latinas everywhere.

Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez is a leading Latine activist, writer, and speaker. She is the founder of Latina Rebels, a platform with over 350,000 followers, and the author ofFor Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts. She has been featured onNPR, and inNew Yorkmagazine’sThe Cut,Teen Vogue, andCosmopolitan. She earned her master’s from Vanderbilt and lives in Nashville, Tennessee.