{"product_id":"the-matter-is-life-9780385411745","title":"The Matter Is Life","description":"American Book Award-winner J. California Cooper spins insight and irony into modern-day parables about simple people who love too little and too late, and about those who toil and struggle against a difficult and often hostile environment. This fourth collection of Cooper's unforgettable stories is alternately charming, disturbing, poignant, and humorous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. California Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four novels 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410811261202,"sku":"9780385411745","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_974033cf-8468-4f73-9f1f-e1bc3407ce85.jpg?v=1729308446","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-matter-is-life-9780385411745","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}