Olga Dies Dreaming Annotation
Author: Xochitl Gonzalez Title: Olga Dies Dreaming Genre: Literary Fiction Publication Date: January 4, 2022 Number of Pages: 373 pages Time Period: Mostly set in 2017 with letters and flashbacks from the early 2000s Series: None Plot Summary: Olga Dies Dreaming follows the fraught lives of Puerto Rican siblings Olga and Prieto Acevedo living in Brooklyn, NY. Olga works as a wedding planner for the wealthy elites of Brooklyn and Prieto is a U.S Congressman. Their mother, Blanca, is part of the Young Lords revolutionary group in Puerto Rico. She never cared to mother the siblings and fell out of their lives years ago, communicating only with her children in scattered and manipulative letters throughout the years. When Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico, the lives of Olga and Prieto implode as their mother comes back into their lives, carrying family and national secrets with her. Subject Headings: Hispanic Americans - Fiction Mother and Child - Fiction Family...