Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez Hardcover Book

Description: Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez A blazing new talent debuts with the story of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her absent mother, her glittering career among New Yorks elite and her Puerto Rican roots in the wake of Hurricane Maria. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Deeply satisfying and nuanced . . . a tender exploration of love in its many forms Observer Gonzalez couples engrossing political intrigue with engagingly flawed characters you cant help but root for Mail on Sunday Its 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro Prieto Acevedo, are bold-faced 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 Manhattans power brokers.Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the one percent, but she cant seem to find her own . . . until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets.Twenty-seven years ago, their 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 Ricos history, 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. Flap Olga Dies Dreaming is the story of an imperfect family shattered by secrets, grief and abandonment, and of people who rise up, refusing to be broken. Smart, witty and driven, Gonzalezs Olga hustles, stumbles, falls and eventually finds her way. An unflinching examination of capitalism, corruption, gentrification, colonialism and their effects on marginalised people, Olga Dies Dreaming is a poignant, scalding debut Jaquira D Author Biography Xochitl Gonzalez received her MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, where she was an Iowa Arts Fellow. Prior to writing, Xochitl wore many hats, including entrepreneur, wedding planner, fundraiser and tarot card reader. She is a proud alumna of the New York City public school system and holds a BA in art history and visual art from Brown University. She lives in her hometown of Brooklyn with her dog, Hectah Lavoe. Review The author cloaks her polemic in page-turning prose. This deeply satisfying and nuanced novel shines a light on political corruption and the limits of capitalism. Its also a study of the psychological fallout of poor parenting and a tender exploration of love in its many forms * Observer *Theres so much to enjoy in this busy, Brooklyn-set debut centred on a pair of middle-aged Latino siblings leading double lives . . . Gonzalez couples engrossing political intrigue with engagingly flawed characters you cant help but root for -- Mail on SundayA powerful, intra-cultural reckoning with the very notions of sacrifice and survival * Glamour (best books for 2022) *The extraordinary accomplishment of Olga Dies Dreaming is in how a familiar-enough tale - a woman seeking love, happiness, and fulfillment in the big city - slowly reveals itself to be something else altogether. Its a book about a New York that isnt always celebrated, the one that belongs to immigrant communities; about money, class, and political power; about one vividly-imagined family and the very idea of the American Dream * Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind *Olga Dies Dreaming is the story of an imperfect family shattered by secrets, grief, and abandonment, and of people who rise up, refusing to be broken. Smart, witty, and driven, Gonzalezs Olga hustles, stumbles, falls, and eventually finds her way. An unflinching examination of capitalism, corruption, gentrification, colonialism, and their effects on marginalized people, Olga Dies Dreaming is a poignant, scalding debut * Jaquira Díaz, author of Ordinary Girls *Wisdom, tenderness, and abundant humor . . . I will think about its richly drawn, deeply human characters for a very long time * Cynthia dAprix Sweeney, author of The Nest and Good Company *Gonzalezs stinging and knowledgeable commentary about the American sociopolitical order that keeps Black and brown people poor and powerless suggests that radical remedies are called for, even if she gives the personal dramas of her appealing main characters pleasingly hopeful final acts. Atmospheric, intelligent and well informed: an impressive debut * Kirkus *Irresistibly warm yet entirely uncompromising * The Skinny *Dont underestimate this new novelist. Shes jump-starting the year with a smart romantic comedy that lures us in with laughter and keeps us hooked with a fantastically engaging story * Washington Post *Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a healthy dose of tough love with her buzzy debut * TIME *Atmospheric * i-D magazine (books to read in 2022) *Olga is flawed and fallible, but gains in self-knowledge and integrity as shes buffeted by hurricane-force plot developments . . . [a] rich, full-bodied saga * Financial Times *Compelling . . . Gonzalez debut speaks thoughtfully to the complicated and introspective diasporic experience, all while looking at how power structures can change a community, and the mixed feelings of pride and guilt that can come along with moving into a gentrified neighbourhood * Refinery29 *When you start reading Olga Dies Dreaming, you might think it is the Puerto Rican version of Crazy Rich Asians - but dont be fooled. While the expectations and manners of the rich are dissected in similar detail, class politics is front and centre . . . The writing is cinematic - a TV pilot is already being made in the US - its packed with vivid vignettes of Brooklyn and Manhattan, and the characters have real warmth and depth. You get both romantic and family relationships, together with the politics of what it is to be Latinx in a world where rich white people have the power * Irish News *The storys driving tension derives from questions of how to break free: from a mothers manipulations, from shame, from pride indistinguishable from fear, from the traumatic burden of abandonment, from colonial oppression, from corrosive greed * New York Times *A beautiful force . . . Not your average story of two people looking for love. It is that, yes, but with political intrigue, social commentary, revolutionaries and mobsters, it is so much more * Independent *Olga Dies Dreaming proves the truth of that oft-quoted aphorism, "the personal is political." Packed with richly imagined characters and vivacious prose, the novel asks how we can live meaningful lives in a world rife with inequality. * Esquire Best Books of 2022 * Long Description Deeply satisfying and nuanced . . . a tender exploration of love in its many forms Observer Gonzalez couples engrossing political intrigue with engagingly flawed characters you cant help but root for Mail on Sunday Its 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro Prieto Acevedo, are bold-faced 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 Manhattans power brokers.Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the one percent, but she cant seem to find her own . . . until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets.Twenty-seven years ago, their 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 Ricos history, 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. Review Quote The extraordinary accomplishment of Olga Dies Dreaming is in how a familiar-enough tale - a woman seeking love, happiness, and fulfillment in the big city - slowly reveals itself to be something else altogether . . . the very idea of the American dreamWisdom, tenderness, and abundant humor . . . I will think about its richly drawn, deeply human characters for a very long timeGonzalezs Olga hustles, stumbles, falls and eventually finds her way . . . A poignant, scalding debutAs funny as it is insightful, as deft as it is original. In this impressive debut . . . wit and wisdom rarely combine in such a powerful one-two punchGonzalez gives us a gripping novel about community, family, betrayal and the complicated inheritance of diaspora - a wild and ambitious saga that shows once again how the personal is always deeply political Promotional "Headline" A blazing new talent debuts with the story of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her absent mother, her glittering career among New Yorks elite and her Puerto Rican roots in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Details ISBN0349726671 Author Xochitl Gonzalez ISBN-10 0349726671 ISBN-13 9780349726670 Format Hardcover Imprint Fleet Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 2022 Publication Date 2022-01-06 UK Release Date 2022-01-06 Pages 384 DEWEY 813.6 Audience General NZ Release Date 2022-05-05 AU Release Date 2022-05-05 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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