{"product_id":"some-love-some-pain-sometime-stories","title":"Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime: Stories","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSome Love, Some Pain, Sometime: Stories\u003c\/h1\u003eJ California Cooper\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 1 1996\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780385467889\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0385467885\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSome Love, Some Pain, Sometime, \u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese characters and others offer inspiration, laughter, instruction and pure enjoyment in what is one of J. California Cooper's finest story collections.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44557012402221,"sku":"18839","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/some-love-some-pain-sometime-stories","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}