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Our So-Called Safe and Perfect Bodies
 
Our So-Called Safe and Perfect BodiesCati PorterPaperbackCyanide poisoning. That was the oft-repeated cause of death for Rufus B. Keeler, celebrated ceramist and Cati Porter's great-grandfather. He was just 49. His son Brad, himself a noted ceramist, died at 39. Their deaths sent shockwaves through her family, indirectly leading to her mother's dropping out of middle school and teen-aged marriage. Decades later, she found herself asking questions no one else would. Her search for answers would take her up and down the California coast, tracing the potteries where they once worked. She set out to find her grandfathers. What she also found was a mother she thought she already knew. Newton's third law of motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The potter shapes the clay. Our So-Called Safe and Perfect Bodies by Cati Porter asks, what are the forces that shape a life?
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