Olga Dies Dreaming
Categories: Literature & Fiction
Olga Dies Dreaming (2022) is Xochitl Gonzalez's debut novel about two adult siblings from a Puerto Rican family in Brooklyn. Olga plans luxury weddings for wealthy clients, and her brother, Prieto, is a popular congressman with secrets of his own. When Hurricane Maria devastates Puerto Rico in 2017, their mother, who left them years earlier to pursue her political cause, re-enters their lives, forcing both to reconsider their choices.