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<p><b>''GORGEOUS, VIVIDLY ALIVE'' <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i></b><br><br><b><i>''</i>BOLD, HONEST AND SUPERBLY WELL-WRITTEN'' ANDR¿/b><b> ACIMAN, AUTHOR OF <i>CALL ME BY YOUR NAME</i></b><br><br><b><i>''</i>GRACEFUL AND SOUL-BARING'' MELANIE REID, <i>THE TIMES<br><br></i></b><b>''WHAT A GIFT . . . HAS THE RIGOR AND PRECISION OF JOAN DIDION AND MAGGIE NELSON AND A FORTHRIGHT HUMOR AND NAKED TRUTH ALL OF ITS OWN.'' SARAH RUHL, AUTHOR OF <i>SMILE</i></b><br><br><b><i>I am in a bar in Brooklyn listening to two men, my friends, discuss whether or not my life was worth living.</i></b><br><br>So begins Chlo¿ooper Jones''s bold account of moving through the world in a body that looks different than most. Born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis, she must contend not only with her own physical pain, but the emotional discomfort of others.<br><br>It is only when she unexpectedly becomes a mother that she confronts the demand to live life fully, propelling her on a journey across th