"Gritty and witty" -- Foreword Reviews Surfers, soul brothers, hippies, and thugs—they’re all part of Victor “Skinny” Delgado’s world growing up in Miami during the turbulent 1960s. Fleeing the Castro regime in Cuba, Skinny’s once-wealthy family moves from a mansion in Havana to a roach-infested bungalow in Miami’s low-rent Wynwood district. Over the next ten years the Delgados struggle to survive in this strange new land—a place where fat men in red suits enter your home through the chimney, demons appear at the door begging for candy, and young women go on dates without chaperones. There’s only one constant in Skinny’s world as he grows from 8 to 18. He longs in vain for the girl of his dreams: his neighbor Janice Bockman who seems everything American—and everything he’s not.

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The Cuban-born author grew up in Miami's cultural kaleidoscope before becoming a long-time resident of the U.S. Midwest. The author and his work have been featured on television, radio, online, and in print media across the U.S. and abroad. For more information, visit RaulRamos.com

AUTHOR HIGHLIGHTS - RAUL RAMOS Y SANCHEZ

Best Novel Award Winner - International Latino Book Award
Violet Crown Awards Fiction Finalist, Writers League of Texas
Books Into Movies Award Winner - presented by Edward James Olmos
USA Today Summer Reads Author
LATINA Magazine "10 Hottest Summer Reads" Author
Listed among "Best Hispanic Writers of the 21st century" by ChaCha.com
Ohioana Book Festival Featured Author

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