Sarah Cavallaro

When art, and romance collide, the stakes are always high.  

 

Part sweeping memoir, part pop-culture art commentary, this is the story of a great love, but also one of the grit, survival drive, smarts of a woman struggling to redefine herself. When she steps into the whirlwind of a larger-than-life creative genius-she does so not just as his producer, but out of an enduring, deep passion for the man behind the art. 

The luck of their coming together, conferred upon them, and the colorful souls they meet along the way. There's plenty more, hearty laughs, deep grief, hard - won wisdom, all set against vast sweeps of Americana. Driven by their passion to democratize art, they bring it directly to the public square, bypassing traditional gatekeepers. 

 

Immediately, Cosimo Cavallaro triggers massive global firestorms with the hotel room in midtown Manhattan covered in easy cheese, to the cheese wall on the border of United States and Mexico, to a Chocolate Jesus sculpture that provokes the Catholic league to shut the exhibit down and label it “the worst affront on Christianity ever.” 

Everything and everyone is placed under a tender microscope – a deep study of shared humanity as the art continues to reflect our times. 

  

Beyond reading like an Americana travelogue, the book thoughtfully explores complex issues of a unique partnership, found identity, self–value, sexuality, narcissism, depression, and revisiting childhood.