This is a fast-paced, revelatory novel about Brooklyn-based siblings who are required to wrangle with their cultural and parental heritage, and the challenges of balancing personal integrity with personal comfort in ways both wonderful and troubling. The characters are believable and relatable, and I learned some history along the way. This is a fantastically entertaining debut novel. I can't wait for this author's next book!Publisher's description:
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. Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the 1%, but she can't seem to find her own...until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets. Twenty-seven years ago, their mother, Blanca, a Young Lord-turned-radical, abandoned her children to advance a militant political cause, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. Now, with the winds of hurricane season, Blanca has come barreling back into their lives.