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September Book du Mois!

Thursday, September 25, 2025
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Thu
Sep 25
6:15 pm
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7:30 pm
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302 A Jefferson St.
Free

Our September Book du Mois is Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez!

We’ll meet in the bookshop at 6:15 p.m. on Sept. 25 to discuss the novel about a first-generation Ivy League student who finds the work of an artist decades after her suspicious death.

Order your copy today!: https://cavalierhousebooks.com/book/9781250786241

Synopsis:

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 privileged students whose futures are already paved out for them, Raquel feels like an outsider. Students of color, like her, 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.

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