{"product_id":"olga-dies-dreaming","title":"Olga Dies Dreaming","description":"\u003cp\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK · WINNER OF THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRIZE • INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD FINALIST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 in the wake of Hurricane Maria\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Kirkus, Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Vogue, Esquire, Book Riot, Goodreads, EW, Reader's Digest, and more!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\" ―The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Charmed Page","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51739022557551,"sku":"9781250786180","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0889\/5597\/8095\/files\/9781250786180.jpg?v=1736748674","url":"https:\/\/www.charmedpagebooks.com\/products\/olga-dies-dreaming","provider":"The Charmed Page","version":"1.0","type":"link"}