<p><b>"[<i>Bad Habit</i>] shows us that a 'trans novel' can actually be anything it wants to be." –<i>The New York Times</i></b></p><p><b>"A novel that could very well serve as a surrogate mother for future children who grow up lonely and trans." –<i>The Washington Post</i></b></p><p><b>"I urge you, read Alana S. Portero's <i>Bad Habit </i>to fully grasp the degree of adversity, pain, and danger endured by those growing up trans." –Pedro Almodóvar</b></p><p><b>Combining the raw realism and vulnerability of <i>Shuggie Bain</i> and <i>Detransition, Baby</i> with the poignant sensibility of Pedro Almodóvar, a staggering coming-of-age novel deeply rooted in the struggles of a trans woman growing up in Madrid.</b></p><p>Anchored by the voice of its sweet and defiant narrator, <i>Bad Habit</i> casts a trans woman’s trying youth as a heartfelt odyssey. Raised in an animated yet impoverished blue-collar neighborhood, Alana S. Portero’s