![]() ![]() ![]() There is a great deal of fun and warmth in this novel in which many things happen in the characters' internal and external lives. Olga is real enough to pluck off the page – sharp, witty, loyal, confused. The story deals deftly with identity and entitlement, casual but deeply rooted racism, love and responsibility. Brooklyn is alive with the vibrancy of the old neighbourhoods – kids playing in the streets, the sounds and smells of raucous family life – along with the not entirely welcome gentrification of hipster developments and craft beer bars. The tone of Olga Dies Dreaming is modern and sassy. Their story is beautiful, the key to Olga defining who she really is. ![]() Olga's battered heart cannot commit to love, until she meets Matteo, an honest and loving man with some interesting issues of his own. Olga has striven to raise herself from poverty she is now well off, a minor celebrity, and, in her mother's mind and buried deep within her own, a sell-out, nothing more than a glorified maid to the white man. As Olga and Prieto become adults, and Blanca's network keep an eye out and report back to their mother, her missives turn to disappointment and judgement.īlanca is the pivotal, missing piece in the lives of the siblings. ![]()
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