Olga dies dreaming / Xochitl Gonzalez.

Gonzalez, Xochitl, 1977- author.

Book

First U.S. edition.

New York : Flatiron Books, 2022.

©2021

373 pages ; 25 cm

"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, [this novel] 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"-- Jacket flap

Family secrets -- Fiction.

Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.

Mother and child -- Fiction.

Siblings -- Fiction.

Hurricane Maria, 2017 -- Fiction.

Hurricanes -- Fiction.

New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Historical fiction.

"A novel"--Jacket.

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