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 itself.

J. California Cooperis 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.

• Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin; Reissue (December 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 192 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781250857736
• Item Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.44 x 8.5 inches