Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime. It's about time for J. California Cooper to become more of a household name. Her new collection of stories, Some Love, Some pain, Sometime , features strong black women, often struggling against a variety of life's woes and usually succeeding. Unlike some of her earlier stories, which frequently used the theme of revenge for past ills, these tales seem to look for the positive and find women like Berta, later called La Marie, who take life's disappointments with men, hopes, and money and learn to make life sweet. While the vernacular dialog is sometimes overdone, the stories are spry and cheerful, tapping into some universal human experiences.
Cooper creates a wise mix of folklore and contemporary storytelling.
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