Xochitl Gonzalez
Author
Language
English
Description
"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 María. It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are bold-faced 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 powerbrokers....
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten--certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by progeny of film producers, C-Suite executives, and international art-dealers, most of whom float through...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Description
439 pages ; 20 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Olga y su hermano, Pedro 'Prieto' Acevedo, un caris̀mtico congresista, han alcanzado un estatus privilegiado en la ciudad de Nueva York. Olga es una reconocida organizadora de bodas de lǎ lite de la ciudad, y su trabajo es recompensado con cifras astro̤nmicas. Su hermano, 'Prieto' Acevedo, representa a la comunidad latina en su barrio natal de Brooklyn. Lo que pocos saben es que, a pesar de sus exitosas vidas, los Acevedo se criaron con su abuela...
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Description
viii, 272 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Originally told on-stage and adapted here for the page, these 36 fascinating, unique, and celebratory stories of migration, culture shock, family, and life come from well-known voices including Sonia Manzano, Alexander Chee, André Aciman, Laura Gómez, Aparna Nancherla as well as regular people hailing from every corner of the world. The past and present of immigration in the United States springs to life in this anthology of stories compiled and...
