Breaking the Curse

A tour de force of narrative nonfiction, a reimagining of the self-help genre, and a brave memoir about mystical forces, trauma, trans life, and how we must heal ourselves to survive. For readers of memoirs by Elliot Page ( Pageboy ) and Elissa Washuta ( White Magic ), and fans of writers like Carmen Maria Machado, Samantha Hunt, and Chavisa Woods. In Breaking the Curse , Alex DiFrancesco takes their own crushing experiences of assault, addiction, and transphobic violence as