A: No, but both books belong to the emerging genre of "working-class transfeminist literature." Read them as companions.
A central pillar of the novel is the inextricable link between the protagonist’s gender identity and her working-class upbringing. Portero, a historian herself, portrays a neighborhood that is "exhausted"—where families love their children but lack the "tools," time, or education to understand a trans identity because they are consumed by 12-hour workdays. The narrator feels trapped not just by her body, but by a social environment that has "no place for her," where being queer often leads to social or physical exile. La mala costumbre - Alana S. Portero.epub