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This is Deborah Rodriguez in memoir mode, not author mode (see review of 'The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul') but it's absolutely the same voice. 'The House on Carnaval Street' begins as Deborah flees Kabul with her son, leaving a wannabe warlord Afghan husband and a beauty school. Completely shattered, she lands in Napa, falls into another relationship (his mother dumps her) and finally catapults into Mexico. It's exhausting spending time with Debbie—she's scatty, erratic and often infuriating—but her life is full, really just exploding with people and colour and mad moments, so we love her.