J. California Cooper

• Jul-1986
• / General Fiction
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In one of the best-loved volumes of her work, J. California Cooper tells exuberant tales full of wonder at the mystery of life and the hardness of fate. Awed, bedeviled, bemused, all of Cooper's characters are borne up by the sheer power of life itse...

• Aug-1987
• / General Fiction
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Exuberant and heart-warming, J. California Cooper is the embodiment of the simple folk tradition in black writing associated most often with Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. The author of seventeen plays and two novels, it is her stories of...

• Dec-1990
• / General Fiction
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In this wise, beguiling, and beautiful novel set in the era of the Civil War, award-winning playwright and author J. California Cooper paints a haunting portrait of a woman named Always and four generations of her African-American family....

• Jun-1991
• / General Fiction
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A fourth collection of stories by the award-winning author....

• Dec-1991
• / General Fiction
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The extraordinary debut short story collection from the award-winning author of Family and Life is Short But Wide."In its strong folk flavor, Cooper's work reminds us of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston ... It is a delight to read."  ...

• Sep-1994
• / General Fiction
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With In  Search Of Satisfaction, Cooper gracefully portrays men and women, some good and others wickedly twisted, caught in their individual thickets of want and need on a once-grand plantation. In Yoville, "a legal town-ship...

• Sep-1995
• / General Fiction
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Whether through her stories or her legendary readings, J. California Cooper has an uncanny ability to reach out to readers like an old and dear friend.  Her characters are plain-spoken and direct: simple people for whom life, despite its ev...

• Sep-1998
• / General Fiction
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A dramatic and thought-provoking novel of one family's triumph in the face of the hardships and challenges of the post-Civil War South.

The Wake of the Wind, J. California Cooper's third novel, is her most penetrating look yet at the challenge...

• Nov-2000
• / General Fiction
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From the beloved author of Family and A Piece of Mine comes a dazzling new collection of stories featuring ordinary women who discover that love sometimes comes when you least expect it. Vinnie is an overworked and self-sacrificing single mother who ...

• Oct-2004
• / General Fiction
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For generations Eula Too’s family has been making a journey North, year after year, step by painful step; and she’s determined to be the one to make it all the way to Chicago. In and out of school, taking care of her fourteen brothers and sisters...

• Apr-2006
• / General Fiction
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J. California Cooper's irresistible collection of new stories explores the universal themes of romance, family, and the hopes that propel people's dreams. In "As Time Goes By" a young woman singlemindedly pursues material wealth, only to suffer f...

• Apr-2009
• / General Fiction
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Beloved writer J. California Cooper has won a legion of loyal fans and much critical acclaim for her powerful storytelling gifts. In language both spare and direct yet wondrously lyrical, LIFE IS SHORT BUT WIDE is an irresistible story of family that...

• Oct-2022
• / Women's Fiction
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In this short story from J. California Cooper’s Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns, a loving friend constructs a slyly arranged marriage between two perfectly matched lonely hearts: fragile Harriet, who shakes when she’s excited and puts others’ ...