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Life is Short But Wide
Life is Short But Wide
Author: J. California Cooper
ISBN-13: 9780385511346
ISBN-10: 0385511345
Publication Date: 3/24/2009
Pages: 256
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
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I have never ready anything by J. California Cooper until this book. I enjoyed the book detailing the lives of two families over their lifetimes - searching for, finding and losing love and loved ones. I felt the writing style a little wordy at times, but enjoyed the overall story.
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Author J. California Cooper takes us to Wideland, Oklahoma to chronicle the lives, loves, and losses of two families in her latest offering entitled, Life Is Short But Wide. A 91 year-old narrates the story and immediately espouses Cooper's signature edicts of loving life, yourself, one another, and God. The "do right," work hard, save money, importance of education, etc. lessons are also overtly and repeatedly layered in the stories of Val and Irene, Joseph and Bertha, and their children. Their courtships and hardships are fodder for the take-away lessons of living life to the fullest and appreciating who and what one has in life