Xochitl Gonzalez
Olga Dies Dreaming
- St. Martins Press
- 2023
- Taschenbuch
- 386 Seiten
- ISBN 9781250786180
NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller .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 roots- all in the wake of Hurricane Maria ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR:TIME, NPR, Vogue, Esquire, Book Riot, Goodreads, EW, Reader's Digest, and more! "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."-The Washington Post 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. .
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