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Walking Through Clear Water In a Pool Painted Black: Collected Stories

Walking Through Clear Water In a Pool Painted Black: Collected Stories

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Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black is a collection of stories by Cookie Mueller, published in the UK for the first time. It chronicles her high-risk, high-reward life, from becoming a part of John Waters' acting troupe to becoming a mother, and critiquing the government's response to the AIDS epidemic. Mueller's voice is fresh, wise, and unafraid of darkness, and her stories are fiercely entertaining and reliably honest.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 04 August 2022
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd



Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black is the sole story collection from the renowned writer, actress, ex-biker, and columnist Cookie Mueller, published in the UK for the first time. Mueller vividly chronicles her adventurous, high-risk, high-reward life in vibrant technicolor, encompassing her journey from joining John Waters renowned acting troupe to becoming a mother, her vivid descriptions of the hedonism of 1980s New York, and her critical assessment of the government's inadequate response to the AIDS epidemic. With a fresh, wise, freewheeling, and unafraid of darkness, Cookie's voice is akin to a lysergic Nora Ephron, offering a candid contrast to the idealistic hippie dream. Her stories, whether good, bad, or ugly, are fiercely entertaining and consistently honest.

Featuring a new introduction by Olivia Laing, this edition collects Mueller's stories, columns, and writings, showcasing a testament to a life lived courageously and well.

Weight: 287g
Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781838858483
Edition number: Main - Canons

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