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Olga Dies Dreaming

Feature and Contest

Olga Dies Dreaming

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 one 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.

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Olga Dies Dreaming
by Xochitl Gonzalez

  • Publication Date: February 7, 2023
  • Genres: Fiction
  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Flatiron Books
  • ISBN-10: 1250786185
  • ISBN-13: 9781250786180

Winners

Alison S. from Salt Lake City, Utah
Ann D. from Tucson, AZ
Beth E. from Morristown, NJ
Carol L. from Des Moines, IA
Cherie A. from Dunwoody, GA
Chris R. from Albany, OR
Cornelius T. from Trophy Club, TX
Deb B. from Omaha, NE
Elaine B. from Vero Beach, FL
Gwen K. from Syracuse, NY
Henry K. from Camillus, NY
Ivy P. from Silvis, IL
Jennifer S. from West Plains, MO
Karen G. from Woodstock, GA
Kathleen K. from Independence, OH
Laura G. from Chapel Hill, NC
Linda S. from Boca Raton, FL
Lizabeth R. from Two Rivers, WI
Lori P. from Bernardsville, NJ
Mary S. from Wardfordsburg, PA
Nancy S. from Morris Plains, NJ
S. A. from New Milford, CT
Susan K. from Palm City, FL
Tommy N. from Westwego, LA
Trude V. from Pasco, WA