{"product_id":"last-night-in-brooklyn","title":"Last Night in Brooklyn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOPRAH DAILY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePEOPLE, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e ELECTRIC LIT, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHARPER'S BAZAAR, VULTURE, LITHUB, BOOK RIOT, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, THE BOSTON GLOBE, TOWN \u0026amp; COUNTRY, SHE READS, LIBRARY JOURNAL, \u003c\/i\u003eAND MORE!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a captivating story about a young woman whose life becomes ensnared in her glamorous neighbor's secret past\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSPRING, 2007 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt twenty-six, Alicia Canales Forten feels smothered by her future. She's in a long-distance relationship, living at home with her mother's beliefs, saving up for her wedding to a future doctor. But after Alicia ventures out one night in the neighborhood of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, she finds herself lured by the siren song of youth and possibility that the striving crowd of creatives holds, and moves in. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one embodies this milieu more than La Garza, a larger-than-life, up-and-coming fashion designer whose epic house parties fuel neighborhood lore. La Garza's life, observed by Alicia from her apartment across the street, seems to hold the allure and fearlessness Alicia has never dared to imagine for herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Alicia's wealthy banker cousin moves to the neighborhood, she finds herself increasingly drawn into both his and La Garza's precarious lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgainst the backdrop of a potentially life-changing presidential election and a looming once-in-a-generation fiscal crisis, \u003ci\u003eLast Night in Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e explores the dark compromise of the American Dream for people of color living, unknowingly, in the twilight of a cultural moment. It is a story about everything money can buy--and the destruction of what it can't.","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48108771279062,"sku":"9781250372031","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/files\/imageloader_351a7e6b-948b-47f1-944c-f5c701784125.jpg?v=1776194272","url":"https:\/\/tiabookcellar.com\/products\/last-night-in-brooklyn","provider":"tia book cellar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}