In Search of Satisfaction

Title: In Search of Satisfaction Author: J California Cooper ISBN: 9780385467865 Publisher: Anchor Published: 1995 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Fiction 1633030 Publisher Description: "Cooper's...style is deceptively simple and direct, and the vale of tears in which her characters reside is never so deep that a rich chuckle at a foolish person's foolishness cannot be heard." -- Alice Walker. "Cooper writes about small-town life with a verve that nearly bursts off the page." -- "Ms." The folk flavor of her storytelling has earned her constant comparison to Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, but through four collections of short stories and two novels, J. California Cooper has proven that hers is a wholly original talent --one that embraces readers in an ever-widening circle from one book to the next. With "In Search Of Satisfaction," Cooper gracef