Family

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4,7
25 reviews
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240
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In this wise, beguiling, and beautiful novel set in the era of the Civil War, award-winning playwright and author J. California Cooper paints a haunting portrait of a woman named Always and four generations of her African-American family.

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4,7
25 reviews
Barbara Marshall
04 July 2018
Great story teller!
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Eziyah Cudjo
01 March 2017
Thoroughly enjoyable as usual. I just wish it was longer.
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Janette 5051
16 November 2016
Couldn't put it down
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About the author

J. California Cooper is the author of several novels, including Some People, Some Places, and six collections of stories. She was honored as Black Playwright of the Year, and her work received the American Book Award, the James Baldwin Writing Award, and the Literary Lion Award from the American Library Association. She died in 2014.

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