Bodies of Water by Roseanne Cash (yes, award-winning singer/songwriter), enticed this normally non-fiction reader by its huge white title and famous name author. I never saw the tiny-uncapitalized words above her name in light gray on blue-black "fiction by." Of course this was a purposeful, planned publisher prank to lure busy buyers.

Halfway through the book as I was trying to believe this was biographical, the editor in me said, This is can't be. Only then did I see those faint gray words on the blackish front cover. Halfway through, because of Roseanne Cash's poetic writing, I was both hoodwinked and  hooked.

Why hooked? Sometimes somebody lets you come inside and be serendipitously with them within their story. That's the beautiful gift I received from Roseanne Cash as I read her compelling book of unabashed honest streaming consciousness characters, story after story after story. For you busy, cut to the chase readers: Hyperion chose to offer this gift to you. Buy this book!

For those who would like to make a more discerning decision, I will share some of my exciting discoveries about Cash's characters.

The nameless performer shares, I don't know how to love myself out here and time has not been a helpful teacher in that regard.

Of Elsa, Cash reveals, She hated it when people told her not to worry. Worry was a very private affair, on a par with sex and religion.

Shelly says, I do not court insanity, but I flirt outrageously.

The fact that Cash chose France and French settings for her stories adds ambiance to the adventures.

Finally, I enjoyed one character's New Year's Eve ritual.

Good read? You bet. And all at once, like I did on a sunny Sunday while reading on my walk. A small book, only 133 pages with really wide margins ;o]! Enjoy! Let me hear your thoughts and which characters spoke to you.