Olga Dies Dreaming A Novel

<p><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER </b>• <b>A <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> NOTABLE BOOK · WINNER OF THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRIZE • INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD FINALIST </b><br><br><b>A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots—all</b> <b>in the wake of Hurricane Maria</b><br><br><b>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: <i>Kirkus, Washington Post, </i><i>TIME, NPR, Vogue, Esquire, Book Riot, Goodreads, EW, Reader's Digest, </i>and more!</b><br><br>"Don’t underestimate this new novelist. She’s jump-starting the year with a smart romantic comedy that lures us in with laughter and keeps us hooked with a fantastically engaging story."<b> —<i>The Washington Post </i></b> <br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Set against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico’s history, Xochitl Gonzalez’s <i>Olga Dies Dreaming</i> 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.</p>