The reviews are coming in for Carmen's newest book The Peanut Man and they are STARRED!...
Exceptionally lovely, like a gentle tug at the heartstrings.- Kirkus Reviews
Publishers Weekly Starred Review of The Peanut Man
The story of a Cuban refugee and her joy in an unexpected encounter that connects her beloved home in Havana with her new home in Atlanta
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The Peanut Man is now available in Spanish
- El Manisero
The story of a Cuban refugee and her joy in an unexpected encounter that connects her beloved home in Havana with her new home in Atlanta
To read more click here
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"The responsibility of the writer is to take every injurious word, every moment of heart-stopping wonder, every slithering fear, every joy you have ever experienced, and create something that will make the rest of us believe that this luminous and sometimes brutal life is worth living."
Carmen Deedy
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