Olga Dies Dreaming

A Novel

By: Xochitl Gonzalez

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Hardcover | 4 January 2022

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384 Pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â¢ A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK · WINNER OF THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRIZE â¢ INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD FINALIST

A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican rootsâ"all in the wake of Hurricane Maria

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Kirkus, Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Vogue, Esquire, Book Riot, Goodreads, EW, Reader''s Digest, and more!

"Donât underestimate this new novelist. Sheâs jump-starting the year with a smart romantic comedy that lures us in with laughter and keeps us hooked with a fantastically engaging story." â"The Washington Post

It''s 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro âPrietoâ Acevedo, are boldfaced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn, while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattanâs power brokers.

Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the 1 percent but she canât seem to find her own. . . until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets.

Olga and Prietoâs mother, Blanca, a Young Lord turned radical, abandoned her children to advance a militant political cause, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. Now, with the winds of hurricane season, Blanca has come barreling back into their lives.

Set against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Ricoâs history, Xochitl Gonzalezâs Olga Dies Dreaming is a story that examines political corruption, familial strife, and the very notion of the American dreamâ"all while asking what it really means to weather a storm.

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