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Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black

Cookie trips through her forty-year odyssey on this planet — from LSD to shopping at the A&P, from birthing Max to shooting Pink Flamingos. The echoes of her passionate commitments will ring in your ears. It is a tragedy to have lost her. Fortunately, along with the memories, she left us this marvellous testament to her intrepid zest for living.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 160 pages

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