In her second novel, J. California Cooper fashions a town where goodness lives next door to greed. Told in a voice reminiscent of oral history, this powerful story follows three families whose paths intertwine with the devil's in their quests for wealth, power and love.
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. View titles by J. California Cooper

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In her second novel, J. California Cooper fashions a town where goodness lives next door to greed. Told in a voice reminiscent of oral history, this powerful story follows three families whose paths intertwine with the devil's in their quests for wealth, power and love.

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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. View titles by J. California Cooper

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