Olga Muere Soñando (Novela) / Olga Dies Dreaming (a Novel)

«Divertid­sima… Un deslumbrante drama de amor, pol­tica, corrupci³n… protagonizado por una familia puertorrique±a en Brooklyn ». People

Olga y su hermano, Pedro «Prieto » Acevedo, un carism¡tico congresista, han alcanzado un estatus privilegiado en la ciudad de Nueva York. Olga es una reconocida organizadora de bodas de la élite de la ciudad, y su trabajo es recompensado con cifras astron³micas. Su hermano, «Prieto » Acevedo, representa a la comunidad latina en su barrio natal de Brooklyn.

Lo que pocos saben es que, a pesar de sus exitosas vidas, los Acevedo se criaron con su abuela cuando su madre, Blanca, los abandon³ para entregarse al activismo pol­tico con los Young Lords. Ahora, tras sobrevivir al hurac¡n Mar­a, ella reaparece sºbitamente en sus vidas.

Con el tel³n de fondo de la ciudad de Nueva York en los meses posteriores al devastador hurac¡n, Olga muere so±ando explora la corrupci³n pol­tica, los conflictos familiares y el verdadero significado del sue±o americano.

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“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

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.

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.