num_pages: 211
description: J. California Cooper writes with a transparent clarity and such exuberant energy that her characters leap off the page, bursting with stories they've got to tell--stories of simple people, stories of families and fate, of love and marriage, of death and the triumph of the human spirit.
language: English
title: Some Soul to Keep
titlecomplete: Some Soul to Keep
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Drama, Literature, Black Literature, African American
ratings_count: 1719
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin