{"product_id":"olga-dies-dreaming-pb","title":"Olga Dies Dreaming PB","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e NOTABLE BOOK · WINNER OF THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRIZE • INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD FINALIST \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ein the wake of Hurricane Maria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus, Washington Post, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTIME, NPR, Vogue, Esquire, Book Riot, Goodreads, EW, Reader's Digest, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand more!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e ―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico’s history, Xochitl Gonzalez’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOlga Dies Dreaming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51951562653927,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/410yD13gB_L.webp?v=1775601189","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/olga-dies-dreaming-pb","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}