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Homemade Love

By: J. California Cooper
Narrated by: Peter Fernandez, Donna Bailey, Kim Staunton, Susan Spain, Starla Benford
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Summary

Critics have compared her work to that of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, but J. California Cooper has a warm, witty style that’s definitely her own. Each of her short stories is a gem of downhome wisdom, polished with a bit of gossip, some heartbreak, and lots of humor.

In "Funny Valentines" a "simple" woman draws one heart on Valentine’s Day and divides it among the people she loves, until all but one of them lies in the cemetery. "Living" portrays a man in midlife crisis who leaves his loving wife and pleasant country home for a taste of high city living and returns with a new perspective on life. "Spooks" is the tongue-in-cheek tale of a man who masquerades as a ghost in order to outsmart an unscrupulous suitor and win the heart of a vulnerable widow.

Sometimes sad, sometimes funny, and always touching, J. California Cooper’s characters enlighten us and enrich us as they find love in unlikely places. The warm narrations will give listeners a sense of chatting with nosy but well-meaning neighbors over the back fence.
©1986 J. California Cooper (P)2000 Recorded Books, LLC
African American Anthologies Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Short Stories Heartfelt Witty
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"Told in first-person, in a lively, unobtrusive black dialect, these tales, set in both country and city, are lit with wisdom and high-spirited humor." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Simply wonderful, more please

J. California Cooper is one of my favourite authors and I have read this book many times, but having the stories read to me - I just fell in love again. I wish there were more audio books available :-(

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