{"product_id":"9780385467889","title":"Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhether through her stories or her legendary readings, J. California Cooper has an uncanny ability to reach out to readers like an old and dear friend.  Her characters are plain-spoken and direct: simple people for whom life, despite its ever-present struggles, is always worth the journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSome Love, Some Pain, Sometime,\u003c\/i\u003e Cooper's characteristic themes of romance, heartbreak, struggle and faith resonate.  We meet Darlin, a self-proclaimed femme fatale who uses her wiles to try to find a husband; MLee, whose life seems to be coming to an end at the age of forty until she decides to set out and see if she can make a new life for herself; Kissy and Buddy, both trying and failing to find them until they finally meet each other; and Aberdeen, whose daughter Uniqua shows her how to educate herself and move up in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese characters and others offer inspiration, laughter, instruction and pure enjoyment in what is one of J. California Cooper's finest story collections.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016425619696,"sku":"9780385467889","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780385467889_p0.jpg?v=1763694542","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385467889","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}