“Holy shit. Suzette Partido has written the handbook we’ve been waiting for. Love Will Save Us, Right? is a knockout memoir that will speak to the soul of anyone who’s ever stood in line at a food bank while holding a master’s degree. With fierce intelligence and gallows humor, Partido smashes the myths of meritocracy as she chronicles her journey parenting a neurodivergent child on society’s margins. Her kitchen witchery—transforming food insecurity into satisfying meals through clever presentation and glass jars—becomes a powerful metaphor for how we survive when the systems meant to support us fail. Partido’s voice is a revelation: a badass and a poet, this psychic love child of Anne Lamott and Dorothy Allison writes with the raw authenticity of someone who’s seen behind the curtain and still refuses to give in to cynicism. Instead, she transforms everyday struggles into necessary meditations on dignity, love, and the radical power of showing up anyway. Essential reading for anyone trying to make sense of America’s broken promises while finding beauty in all the broken places. A stunning debut from an exciting new voice in American literature.”

— Ariel Gore, author of Rehearsals for Dying: Digressions on Love and Cancer (April, 2025)

“At times humorous or distressing or emotional, yet always grounded in compassion, Love Will Save Us, Right? is an engaging reflection on living and parenting through medical diagnoses, capitalism, and complicated family history.”

—Tomas Moniz, author of All Friends Are Necessary  (April, 2025)

“Love Will Save Us, Right? is a moving, authentic, engaging dive into the realities of parenting, loving and giving care at the end of capitalism. Suzette Partido’s astute and inviting storytelling brings both a political lens and a sturdy tenderness to the project of family-making while queer, low-income, disabled. This book sparkles with life, humor and infinite chutzpah.”

—Michelle Tea, author of Valencia (April, 2025)

“‘It is the Ancestor’s breath that pushes me forward. An artisanal cocktail of capital-L-love, made with equal parts superstition, sunrise, and sorrow . . . ‘ This passage made me put the book down and marvel at the quality of Partido’s writing. She navigates family, a neurospicy kid, and poverty with intelligence, snark, honesty, and love. In other news, come the Zombie Apocalypse, Suzette’s team is the one you want to latch onto. Where you might feel like giving up, she and her family find a way.”

–Meg Barnhouse, author of Seeds of a Spirited Life (May, 2025)

“Suzette Partido holds an open-ended round trip ticket to Hell and back. Love Will Save Us, Right? is a feast for your heart and your brain and your preconceptions of what queer family life on the spectrum looks like. Like a blob of wasabi, you don’t know whether to spit, savor, or swallow. Best not to overthink it and do all three. Imagine that the head waiter has seated you at the coveted table just outside the swinging doors to the kitchen. You are privy to the cacophonous symphony that accompanies the creation of the bread of life: the tantalizing aromas, the steam, the noisy passion, and the sweat. Partido’s words draw you into a world inhabited by fallen angels, Sisyphus, and outside-the-box genius, with a firm grasp on her survival tools of humor and hope. And love. Always love.”

—Eve Diana, contributor to The Complete Gay and Lesbian Parenting Guide (May, 2025)