Last Night in Brooklyn

Xochitl Gonzalez is the New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming, Anita de Monte Laughs Last, and now Last Night in Brooklyn, and God, I loved this book. I knew I would because I was crazy for Olga Dies Dreaming.

At twenty-six, Alicia Canales Forten feels smothered by the life in front of her: a long-distance relationship, living at home, being engaged to a doctor, and saving for a future she's not entirely sure she wants. One night in Fort Greene changes everything, pulling her into a world of artists, ambition, and possibility that feels electric and a little dangerous.

At the center of it all is La Garza, a rising fashion designer whose larger-than-life presence and legendary house parties become neighborhood lore. Watching from across the street, Alicia is both drawn to and unsettled by a life that feels freer than anything she's known.

It's both a romp around Brooklyn and a love letter to it, and to being true to yourself, even when it costs you. It's sharp, propulsive, and full of that tension between who we are and who we think we're supposed to be. This woman has the chops, I'm telling you.

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