Walking Through Clear Water In a Pool Painted Black

<p><i>Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black</i> is the only story collection from the legendary writer actress ex-biker and columnist Cookie Mueller published in the UK for the first time.<br><br>Mueller chronicles her high-risk high-reward life in glorious technicolour from becoming a part of John Waters' legendary acting troupe to becoming a mother from describing the hedonism of 1980s New York to critiquing the government's dire response to the AIDS epidemic. Cookie's voice is fresh wise freewheeling and unafraid of darkness. Like a lysergic Nora Ephron she is the candid flipside to the idealistic hippie dream. Whether good bad or ugly her stories are fiercely entertaining and reliably honest.<br><br>Featuring a new introduction by Olivia Laing this edition collects Mueller's stories columns and writings and presents a testament to a life lived courageously and well.</p>