Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime

Stories

J. California Cooper

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Anchor Books
01 September 1996

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Coping with personal problems

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 ever-present struggles, is always worth the journey.

In Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime, Cooper's characteristic themes of romance, heartbreak, struggle and faith resonate.

We meet Darlin, a self-proclaimed femme fatale who uses her wiles to try to find a husband; MLee, whose life seems to be coming to an end at the age of forty until she decides to set out and see if she can make a new life for herself; Kissy and Buddy, both trying and failing to find them until they finally meet each other; and Aberdeen, whose daughter Uniqua shows her how to educate herself and move up in the world.

These characters and others offer inspiration, laughter, instruction and pure enjoyment in what is one of J. California Cooper's finest story collections.

By: J. California Cooper
Imprint: Anchor Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 201g
ISBN: 9780385467889
ISBN 10: 0385467885
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 September 1996
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

J. California Cooper is the author of four novels and six collections of stories. She was honored as Black Playwright of the Year, and her work received the American Book Award, the James Baldwin Writing Award, and the Literary Lion Award from the American Library Association. She died in 2014.

Reviews for Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime: Stories

""Cooper's stories beckon. It is if she is patting the seat next to her, enticing us to come sit and listen as she tells complex tales about women, often poor women, chasing dreams of love, a house and a family."" --Ms. ""[Cooper] knows how to 'talk' her stories to us, as though each of them is told by a kindly and concerned friend...The sound of them is lovely, memorable, haunting."" --San Francisco Chronicle