Book : In Search Of Satisfaction - Cooper, J. California

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With In Search Of Satisfaction, Cooper gracefully portrays men and women, some good and others wickedly twisted, caught in their individual thickets of want and need on a once-grand plantation. In Yoville, a legal town-ship founded by the very rich for their own personal use, a freed slave named Josephus fathers two daughters, Ruth and Yinyang, by two different women. His desire to give Yinyang and himself money and opportunities oozes through the family like an elixir. In seeking the legacy left by their father, Ruth and Yinyang pull each other, their families, and their Yoville neighbors into a vortex of ever-powerful emotion. From Publishers Weekly Cooper details a family saga in which two half-sisters attempt to come to grips with their fathers legacy. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review Marvelously textured and layered with voices that weave in and out of each other but never collide. -- Los Angeles Times Coopers...style is deceptively simple and direct, and the vale of tears in which her characters reside is never so deep that a rich chuckle at a foolish persons foolishness cannot be heard. --Alice Walker An old-fashioned morality tale that quickly engages the reader in the lives of a large cast of unforgettable characters. -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The wicked and righteous reap their just rewards in Coopers calamitous, unabashedly preachy family epic. -- The Plain Dealer Cooper writes about small-town life with a verve that nearly bursts off the page. -- Ms From the Publisher Coopers...style is deceptively simple and direct, and the vale of tears in which her characters reside is never so deep that a rich chuckle at a foolish persons foolishness cannot be heard. --Alice Walker Cooper writes about small-town life with a verve that nearly bursts off the page.--Ms From the Inside Flap The folk flavor of her storytelling has earned her constant comparison to Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, but through four collections of short stories and two novels, J. California Cooper has proven that hers is a wholly original talent --one that embraces readers in an ever-widening circle from one book to the next. With In Search Of Satisfaction, Cooper gracefully portrays men and women, some good and others wickedly twisted, caught in their individual thickets of want and need. On a once-grand plantation in Yoville, a legal town-ship founded by the very rich for their own personal use, a freed slave named Josephus fathers two daughters, Ruth and Yinyang, by two different women. His desire, to give Yinyang and himself money and opportunities, oozes through the family like an elixir, melding with the equally strong yearnings of Yovilles other residents, whose tastes dont complement their neighbors. What Josephus buries in his life affects generations to come. J. California Coopers unfettered view of sin, forgiveness, and redemption gives In Search Of Satisfaction a singular richness that belies its universal themes. From the Back Cover The folk flavor of her storytelling has earned her constant comparison to Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, but through four collections of short stories and two novels, J. California Cooper has proven that hers is a wholly original talent --one that embraces readers in an ever-widening circle from one book to the next. With In Search Of Satisfaction, Cooper gracefully portrays men and women, some good and others wickedly twisted, caught in their individual thickets of want and need. On a once-grand plantation in Yoville, a legal town-ship founded by the very rich for their own personal use, a freed slave named Josephus fathers two daughters, Ruth and Yinyang, by two different women. His desire, to give Yinyang and himself money and opportunities, oozes through the family like an elixir, melding with the equally strong yearnings of Yovilles