Virtual Book Launch: Olga Dies Dreaming | Xochitl Gonzalez with Jessica Pimentel

Join us for the virtual launch of OLGA DIES DREAMING by Xochitl Gonzalez, and an online celebration of Día de los Reyes Magos!

Hosted by Cafe con Libros, Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews, and Word Up Community Bookshop. Presented in partnership with Flatiron Books.

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A 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  

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. . .…