Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns write by J. California Cooper. This book was released on 2007-12-18. Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. J. California Cooper’s irresistible collection of new stories explores the universal themes of romance, family, and the hopes that propel people’s dreams. In “As Time Goes By” a young woman singlemindedly pursues material wealth, only to suffer from an empty heart. “Catch a Falling Heart” tells of a slyly arranged marriage, and “The Eye of the Beholder” portrays a plain girl’s search for love and her own brand of freedom. Wise, earthy and intimate, these stories are moving parables of the human need to seek some sort of satisfaction, just as a wild star seeks a midnight sun.
Catch a Falling Heart
Catch a Falling Heart - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Catch a Falling Heart write by J. California Cooper. This book was released on 2022-10-11. Catch a Falling Heart available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this short story from J. California Cooper’s Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns, a loving friend constructs a slyly arranged marriage between two perfectly matched lonely hearts: fragile Harriet, who shakes when she’s excited and puts others’ needs above her own, and stoic, hardworking Issy. Told with Cooper’s signature warm and conversational wit, this is a heartrendingly human tale of love and companionship. A Vintage Short.
Some Soul to Keep
Some Soul to Keep - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Some Soul to Keep write by J. California Cooper. This book was released on 1987. Some Soul to Keep available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. J. California Cooper writes with a transparent clarity and such exuberant energy that her characters leap off the page, bursting with stories they've got to tell--stories of simple people, stories of families and fate, of love and marriage, of death and the triumph of the human spirit.
Child of Fortune
Child of Fortune - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Child of Fortune write by Yuko Tsushima. This book was released on 2018-08-02. Child of Fortune available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'A terrific novel' Angela Carter Koko won't do what is expected of her. Defying her family's wishes, she has brought up her eleven-year-old daughter alone in her apartment. And now, after a casual affair, she is unexpectedly pregnant again. What will this mean for her already troubled relationship with her daughter? As she faces the future, memories of her own childhood loss flood into her consciousness, threatening to overwhelm her. Combining the beauty and unease of a dream, this haunting novel is an unflinching portrayal of a woman's innermost fears and desires. 'As relevant today as when it was published ... at once powerfully uplifting and achingly sad' Japan Times
Some People, Some Other Place
Some People, Some Other Place - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Some People, Some Other Place write by J. California Cooper. This book was released on 2007-12-18. Some People, Some Other Place available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For generations Eula Too’s family has been making a journey North, year after year, step by painful step; and she’s determined to be the one to make it all the way to Chicago. In and out of school, taking care of her fourteen brothers and sisters, she can see no way out. But when a new family burden threatens to overwhelm her, she at last leaves for the city, only to find that her life gets even tougher. Ranging from the Deep South at the turn of the century, to a diverse contemporary town filled with people striving for a better life, Some People, Some Other Place is J. California Cooper at her irresistible, surprising best.
