Some Soul to Keep Author:J. California Cooper The five long stories in this volume radiate the same energy that readers of Cooper's "A Piece of Mine" and "Homemade Love" will expect. Love between parents and children, between sisters, friends, women and men, are all illuminated in the author's sprightly vernacular prose. Each tale is narrated by a spirited black ... more »woman who, by perseverance and innate good faith, has triumphed over the deprivations -- sometimes emotional and always material -- of her childhood. « less