# A Product of Genetics (and Day Drinking): A Never-Coming-Of-Age Story - Hardcover

by **Jess H. Gutierrez** (Author)

**A frank, raucous, and bawdy collection of essays about coming of age through the oddest jobs, misadventures in queer love, and endearing parenting fails**  
  
This is a perfect book for a _very_ imperfect generation. Millennials were the kids who wore slap bracelets and jeans so low rise they could see one another's colons, and they are now adults wondering, _Is everyone else as messed up as I am?_

In her book, Jess shares relatable tales of a woman who feels like a dumpster fire even with a seemingly ideal set up with a fire-captain wife, three kids, and a mortgage. Highlights include roller-derby catastrophes, a disastrous first night on the job at a lesbian bar, narrow escapes from wild animals, and fond memories of sending printed thirst-trap photos via mail to the lover in Australia she met on the early Internet. Readers will soon cheerfully discover that Jess's voice is infectious, her stories are off-the-wall, and her references are deeply and delightfully millennial.

### Author Biography

**Jess H. Gutierrez** is a speaker and former journalist whose work has been published in _Northwest Arkansas Times, Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Siloam Springs Herald-Leader,_ and _The Free Weekly_ (Fayetteville, AR). She has earned several awards from the Arkansas Press Association. She also won the fifth-grade spelling bee despite the fact that everyone thought that Crissy Eaton would take the title. She lives in Northwest Arkansas with her firefighter wife who is way cooler than she is, their three wild kids, a surly bulldog named Hank, a cattle-herding Yorkie-poo named Bella, and six chickens who refuse to lay eggs.

**Number of Pages:** 304

**Dimensions:** 1.08 x 8.37 x 5.8 IN

**Publication Date:** June 18, 2024

## Details

- **Price:** 29.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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