{"product_id":"9780312194659","title":"Homemade Love","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHomemade Love\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): J. California Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. California Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of novels, six collections of stories, and seventeen plays. Her book \u003ci\u003eHomemade Love\u003c\/i\u003e was the winner of the American Book Award in 1989, and she has been honored as the Black Playwright of the Year. She has also received the James Baldwin Writing Award and the Literary Lion Award from the American Library Association. She lived in California until her death in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cooper's work reminds us of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.” —\u003ci\u003eAlice Walker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Cooper knows how to 'talk' her stories to us, as though each of them is told by a kindly and concerned friend. The sound of them is lovely, memorable, haunting.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gutsy and familiar...Cooper's power comes from sticking to her instinct, which is to tell a story, plain and simple.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ms. cooper is as down-home as Zora Neale Hurston, thank you, and blooming into as skilled a storyteller. Cooper's characters are the folk heroes of black culture...Tales of triumph that give you reason to keep reading.” —\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These stories are jazzy, clubby, folksy, small towny, populist, perky, and if you don't like them, you must be in an absolutely unshakeable bad mood...” —\u003ci\u003eCarolyn See, Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Both men and women are treated with such bemused love that these tales of passions gone astray are transformed into celebrations of life.” —\u003ci\u003eMS.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312194659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40656633692366,"sku":"9780312194659","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_e3f4d4a6-a407-4973-ab2a-272413166342.jpg?v=1639452137","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312194659","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}