The folk flavor of her storytelling has earned J. California Cooper constant comparison to Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, but after four collections and two novels, she has proven her originality. Widely praised for her parable-like tales of epic changes wrought in ordinary people, Cooper now fashions a town where goodness lives next door to greed in this tale of three families.
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The folk flavor of her storytelling has earned J. California Cooper constant comparison to Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, but after four collections and two novels, she has proven her originality. Widely praised for her parable-like tales of epic changes wrought in ordinary people, Cooper now fashions a town where goodness lives next door to greed in this tale of three families.
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This is one of the best books I have read in quite a while. The author presents an excellent case of good v. evil in a colorful manner. In fact, she weaves quite a compelling story of two sisters struggling to have a good life. I enjoyed the dialect, the setting and most of all the characters. I could not put the book down. She reminded me in many ways of Zora Neale Hurston. This is an outstanding book. I thoroughly enjoyed the read.
