Description: It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro “Prieto” 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 Manhattan’s 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 can’t seem to find her own. . . until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets. Olga and Prieto’s 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 Rico’s history, Xochitl Gonzalez’s Olga Dies Dreaming is a story that examines political corruption, familial strife, and the very notion of the American dream―all while asking what it really means to weather a storm.
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Location: Columbus, Ohio
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Era: 2010s
Signed: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Features: Dust Jacket, Ex-Library, Library Binding
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Intended Audience: Adults
Book Title: Olga Dies Dreaming : a Novel
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Publication Year: 2022
Topic: Humorous / Black Humor, Hispanic & Latino, Family Life, Satire
Item Height: 1.3 in
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 20.5 Oz
Author: Xochitl Gonzalez
Item Length: 9.6 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
