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Anita de Monte Laughs Last
- Narrated by: Jessica Pimentel, Jonathan Gregg, Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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Summary
Bloomsbury presents Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez, read by Stacy Gonzalez, Jonathan Gregg and Jessica Pimentel.
THE REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK FOR MARCH 2024
‘I have goosebumps just talking about this story’ REESE WITHERSPOON
‘Smart, funny – and furious’ MARIE CLAIRE
‘Genre-busting ... A clear-eyed deconstruction of skewed value systems’ FINANCIAL TIMES
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Who gets to leave a legacy?
1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn’t. By 1998 Anita’s name has been all but forgotten – certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by progeny of film producers, C-Suite executives, and international art-dealers, most of whom float through life knowing that their futures are secured, Raquel feels herself an outsider. Students of colour, like Raquel, are the minority there, and the pressure to work twice as hard for the same opportunities is no secret.
But when Raquel becomes romantically involved with a well-connected older art student, she finds herself unexpectedly rising up the social ranks. As she attempts to straddle both worlds, she stumbles upon Anita’s story, raising questions about the dynamics of her own relationship, which eerily mirrors that of the forgotten artist.
Moving back and forth through time and told from the perspectives of both women, 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.
A NEW YORK TIMES, ELLE AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING HIGHLIGHT FOR 2024
'Writing with urgency and rage, Gonzalez speaks up for those who have been othered and deemed unworthy, robbed of their legacy'
Washington Post
'Rollicking, melodic, tender and true. And oh so very wise'
Robert Jones, Jr., author of The Prophets
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-06-24
Loved this quirky, atmospheric and revealing story
I really enjoyed this book- i couldn’t predict it and enjoyed the ride. The passion of the artist Anita Del Monte played through the words and the performance was fantastic to follow and I enjoyed the evolution of Raquel as our other leading lady. It was a great story, despite the shocking and arresting events described. Not always easy in the content (domestic violence) but ultimately a great
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- Alice
- 17-08-24
Gripping feminist literature
Amazing storytelling, descriptive, so interesting to see this tale of racism and sexism and womanhood and identity set against the backdrop of the 80s and 90s art world. Made me laugh and made me cry. At times over acted by one of the readers, but even this is charming.
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- Gillian Hale
- 29-03-24
Fast paced and unique
Loved this interesting story set in the art world and told from three points of view.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-03-24
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It took me a while to get into it, but once there I loved it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-04-24
Probably better as a paperback
I disliked the main character Anita, she talks about herself in the third person a lot screaming and at times screeching about his brilliant she is and it js very grating.
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- tigger
- 18-04-24
one dimensional characters
this was a disappointment. the main character anita is clearly a traumatized woman with borderline personality disorder, whose coping strategy is to blame others for all of her problems. She focuses most of the blame on to her husband who she torments even after death. Both of the male characters are one dimensional caricatures, not believable with no depth, just cartoon villains which seem to be just a strawman to feel good about anita's revenge and raquel's later success. the thread between anita and raquel's story is the bizarre supernatural. I guess the point of this book is to feel good for women's lib and yay we stuck it to the racists! but the flakiness of the story weakens the argument
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-04-24
Awful Book, terrible writer
torture to listen to, dull, no story, horrible whining characters who all hate each other. Like a gossipy, high school thing for girls. very poor writing by the author.
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