NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK -
WINNER OF THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRIZE - 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
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!
"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. . . 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.
