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Original Title:	Life Is Short but Wide
ISBN:	0385511345 (ISBN13: 9780385511346)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Oklahoma(United States)

Life Is Short But Wide

J. California Cooper

Hardcover | Pages: 336 pages

Rating: 3.97 | 1710 Users | 199 Reviews

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Beloved writer J. California Cooper has won a legion of loyal fans and much critical acclaim for her powerful storytelling gifts. In language both spare and direct yet wondrously lyrical, LIFE IS SHORT BUT WIDE is an irresistible story of family that proves no matter who you are or what you do, you are never too old to chase your dreams.
Like the small towns J. California Cooper has so vividly portrayed in her previous novels and story collections, Wideland, Oklahoma, is home to ordinary Americans struggling to raise families, eke out a living, and fulfill their dreams. In the early twentieth century, Irene and Val fall in love in Wideland. While carving out a home for themselves, they also allow neighbors Bertha and Joseph to build a house and live on their land. The next generation brings two girls for Irene and Val, and a daughter for Bertha and Joseph. As the families cope with the hardships that come with changing times and fortunes, and people are born and pass away, the characters learn the importance of living one’s life boldly and squeezing out every possible moment of joy.
Cooper brilliantly captures the cadences of the South and draws a picture of American life at once down-to-earth and heartwarming in this-as her wise narrator will tell you-“strange, sad, kind’a beautiful, life story.” It is a story about love that leads to the ultimate realization that whoever you are, and whatever you do, life is short, but it is also wide.

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Title	:	Life Is Short But Wide
Author	:	J. California Cooper
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	March 24th 2009 by Doubleday
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. African American. Family

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Ratings: 3.97 From 1710 Users | 199 Reviews

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20% Done: Ah hell, cut him Rose, cut him!46% Done: Now I'm irritated. Not in a "I hate this book" type of way but at what's going on it this story. I wanna fight someone right now. lol52% Done: RAGE64% Done: Finally!! Cuss her ass out T!4.5 Stars: This book made me go through a myriad of emotions. At first I thought I was going to be angry the whole book because let's be honest some books are all about black pain but I soon found myself saddened, then exposed, nostalgic and the list goes on. By

The narrator of this beautiful story is a ninety year old woman that is recounting her history. Slavery, love and redemption correlate the story as she takes the reader on a journey on the people that paved the way for her life. Starting with Irene who falls in love with a man named Val in the early twentieth century. Despite the love that she has for him, she makes it clear that she is not going to be anyone's slave. Teaching him how to read and write is one of the benefits of their

Growing up my mom had just about all of J. California Cooper's books and I happily read them. I was excited when I found out there was a new one out and it more than lived up to my expectations. I could barely put it down for want of finishing it. Nobody spins life lessons and love stories into 1 quite like this author.

When I started reading this book, I had no idea that I would finish it in one day. Life is Short But Wide" by J. California Cooper is a complicated romance novel that leaves you wondering so much.As I maneuvered through "Life is Short But Wide", I felt the pain that Cooper was describing. The grief, the abuse, and the poison are all elements of the book that made me cringe. Cooper forced me to question human nature. How can someone be evil or selfish or uncaring? What motivates someone to be

I am a big fan of J. California Cooper and her short story anthologies. However, this is the first actual novel that I have read of Cooper's.This book is a historical journey that reaches across a few generations. It tells of two sisters that grow up and take very different paths. The story mostly follows Rose, the sister that stays home. Ultimately, it ends up being a story of how Rose finds her true love. This was an interesting enough story with a lot of people and situations to follow

written from the perspective of the poor black community beginning in the 1930's on, this is the story of one family "just livin'". wonderful vocabulary and cadence bring you into the heart of their experiences; their heartbreaks and victories, their loves and losses. I say read it to open your mind and heart to a world most of us will never know.

Some tidbits to contemplate - mostly on the theme of love - but then oddly ends with a push for Jehovah's Witness conversion. There was a complete disconnect for me from the rest of the storyline and this last chapter. The story itself was an interesting weaving of lives in Wideland, but overall nothing I can't say I haven't read before.