I Want to Be a Cutout Doll

Welcome to the elegantly crafted poetic fantasy of I WANT TO BE A CUTOUT DOLL. In I WANT TO BE A CUTOUT DOLL, you will read about the sixty-year-old woman who has had such an unhappy time with life that she asks Mother Nature to turn her into a paper doll. Rape, substance abuse, unsuccessful relationships, divorce, abortion, suicide attempts, anxiety and, finally, breast cancer - you name it - this protagonist has had it all. I WANT TO BE A CUTOUT DOLL includes eighty wonderfully crafted poems and soliloquies, woven together so that they tell a story. The book also contains photographs and drawings to lend an additional layer of meaning. Come join this sixty year old in her journey to escape the trials and tribulations of life. See if the heroine succeeds in making Mother Nature listen.