Nerdette Book Club: ‘Olga Dies Dreaming’

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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Authors Adriana Herrera and Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney join us to unpack the twists and turns of Xochitl Gonzalez’s dazzling debut novel.

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0:00.0	I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still
0:06.1	watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,
0:12.7	soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,
0:18.0	Stories Without End from WB EZ Chicago.
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0:55.2	From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson, and this is the Nerd at Book Club. It's just like a regular book club, except no one knows if you haven't read the book. I am so excited about this month's pick. It is Sochiel Gonzalez's debut novel, Olga, Dyes Dreaming. It is about Olga, who is a wedding planner in Brooklyn. She is really successful. She's great at dealing with super entitled rich white people, but she's not really sure how she ended up doing what she's doing.
1:00.2	This book kind of has everything. It's got sibling drama and rich people drama and
1:05.3	political scandal and corrupt business schemes and an activist mom on the run who's still
1:10.4	somehow super naggy.
1:12.8	There's also, of course, a dushy white guy named Dick.
1:16.7	Before I get any further in the plot, this is your spoiler warning.
1:21.0	If you haven't read the book yet and you don't want to know what happens, this is not the
1:24.2	episode for you.
1:25.1	You can go listen to our spoiler-free interview with Sochiel.
1:27.6	It is in the feed. But if you haven't read the book and you don't care about spoilers, or if you
1:32.7	have read the book, you are in the perfect place. We are so glad to have you. And I'm super
1:37.3	excited to introduce you to our discussion group this week. Adriana Herrera is the author of nine
1:43.1	romance novels. Her next book is a Caribbean heiress
1:46.7	in Paris and it's out in May, Adriana. Welcome. Hello. We also have Cynthia DePrie Sweeney.
1:52.3	She's the author of two books, including most recently good company. Cynthia, welcome.
1:56.7	Hi. Thanks for having me. So I would like to start with general deliciousness of this book because I don't know.
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