{"product_id":"olga-dies-dreaming-1","title":"Olga Dies Dreaming","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eOlga Dies Dreaming\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eXochitl Gonzalez\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250786180\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFlatiron Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK - WINNER OF THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRIZE - INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD FINALIST \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots--all\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ein the wake of Hurricane Maria\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eKirkus, Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIME, NPR, Vogue, Esquire, Book Riot, Goodreads, EW, Reader's Digest, \u003c\/i\u003eand more!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOlga 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico's history, Xochitl Gonzalez's \u003ci\u003eOlga Dies Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Olga Dies Dreaming | Xochitl Gonzalez | Paperback | 9781250786180 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1754763","offer_id":50902592717058,"sku":"1754763","price":23.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81C8cXkGqpL_6b39cdad-86fd-49e6-9322-96fd1587160a.jpg?v=1793203923","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/olga-dies-dreaming-1","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}