Anita de Monte Laughs Last \;
is a propulsive\, witty examination of power\, love\, and art\, daring to
ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world
of the elite. In \;1985. Anita de Monte\, a rising star in the art wo
rld\, is found dead in New York City\; her tragic death is the talk of the
town. Until it isn&rsquo\;t. By 1998 Anita&rsquo\;s name had been all but
forgotten―certainly by the time Raquel\, a third-year art history
student was preparing her final thesis. On College Hill\, surrounded by pr
ivileged students whose futures are already paved out for them\, Raquel fe
els like an outsider. Students of color\, like her\, are the minority ther
e\, and the pressure to work twice as hard for the same opportunities is n
o secret. But when Raquel becomes romantically involved with a well-connec
ted older art student\, she finds herself unexpectedly rising up the socia
l ranks. As she attempts to straddle both worlds\, she stumbles upon Anita
&rsquo\;s story\, raising questions about the dynamics of her own relation
ship\, which eerily mirrors that of the forgotten artist.
Movin
g back and forth through time and told from the perspectives of both Anita
and Raquel\, this is sure a novel (and a conversation) that you don&rsquo
\;t want to miss. Register
now! \;
About the Author: \;Xochitl Gonzalez is the \;New Y
ork Times \;bestselling author of \;Olga Dies Dreaming. N
amed Best of 2022 by \;The New York Times\, TIME\,&n
bsp\;Kirkus\, \;Washington Post\, and \;NPR<
/em>\, \;Olga Dies Dreaming \;was the winner of the Brook
lyn Public Library Book Prize in Fiction and the New York City Book Award.
Gonzalez is a 2021 MFA graduate from the Iowa Writers&rsquo\; Workshop. H
er nonfiction work has been published in \;Elle Decor\, \
;Allure\, Vogue\, \;Real Simple\, and \
;The Cut. Her commentary writing for \;The Atlantic&
nbsp\;was recognized as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A native Brookl
ynite and proud public school graduate\, Gonzalez holds a BA from Brown Un
iversity and lives in her hometown of Brooklyn with her dog\, Hectah Lavoe
. \;
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