title: An Improbable Life: Memoirs
author:  Robert Craft 
description: The great pleasure of reading Craft derives from two sources. First, there's his insatiable and promiscuous appetite for knowledge. . . . He possesses much the same flair for the encyclopedic disquisition as his old Hollywood friend Aldous Huxley. . . . If you like his meticulous and well-stocked mind as much as I do, you'll eventually want to read everything he's written. <br />--Michael Dirda, <i>Washington Post</i><br /><br />The great pleasure of reading Craft derives from two sources. First, there's his insatiable and promiscuous appetite for knowledge. . . . He possesses much the same flair for the encyclopedic disquisition as his old Hollywood friend Aldous Huxley. . . . If you like his meticulous and well-stocked mind as much as I do, you'll eventually want to read everything he's written. <br />Michael Dirda, Washington Post
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  # THE LIFE THAT MATTERED
  
  
  Book One
  
  
  Jewel E. Ann
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblances to actual persons, living or
  dead, events, or locales are purely coincidental.
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Jewel E. Ann
  
  
  ISBN: 978-1-7345182-1-4
  
  
  Kindle Edition
  
  
  Cover Designer: Kerry Ellis, Covered by Kerry
  
  
  Formatting: BB eBooks
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Dedication
  
  
  To my future self
  
  
  Don’t ever be predictable.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Table of Contents
  
  
  [Title Page](part0000.html#i1)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](part0001.html#i2)
  
  
  [Dedication](part0002.html#i3)
  
  
  [_Prologue_](part0004.html#i4)
  
  
  [Epigraph](part0005.html#i5)
  
  
  [_Chapter One_](part0006.html#i6)
  
  
  [_Chapter Two_](part0007.html#i7)
  
  
  [_Chapter Three_](part0008.html#i8)
  
  
  [_Chapter Four_](part0009.html#i9)
  
  
  [_Chapter Five_](part0010.html#i10)
  
  
  [_Chapter Six_](part0011.html#i11)
  
  
  [_Chapter Seven_](part0012.html#i12)
  
  
  [_Chapter Eight_](part0013.html#i13)
  
  
  [_Chapter Nine_](part0014.html#i14)
  
  
  [_Chapter Ten_](part0015.html#i15)
  
  
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