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"Alone, Art and Laurie were lost; together they were found"
NOW! Laurie Reads Straight Life Out Loud (click)
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COMPANIONS: Straight Life & ART

NOW ALSO AVAILABLE FOR KINDLE, NOOK ETC. 

STRAIGHT LIFE 
Published in 1979, Straight Life was the story of Art Pepper. He was a deeply troubled, madly gifted artist, an addict. Art told me his story, I wrote it down, and I fell in love with and married that complex and inspiring man. Straight Life, according to enthusiastic reviews in The New Yorker, Time, The Village Voice, etc. became (and remains) a classic. 
 
ART: Why I Stuck with a Junkie Jazzman 
In Straight Life Art cast himself as a lost, desperate genius and me, at the end, as his angel of rescue. During our marriage we worked successfully together to enact that story. But I was no angel, and we rescued each other. ART is a memoir of that marriage. This is a paperback book, 382 pages, 100 photos, and with a complete index: Read Wonderful Reviews in Harper's, etc.

​AND THIS, TOO….
The SOUNDTRACK to ART
Eleven key Art Pepper tracks I talk about in the book. 
Stream for free or download for $7.00