Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns

This is lyrical, lovely writing. Each story is a life lesson. Even if you ignore the lesson you will enjoy the writing.

Ms Cooper has such a way with words and stories. I felt so comfortable and at home delving into these works of art and can’t wait for more!

Awesome book filled with amazing stories about life. This book is so great. It makes you look at life and pay attention. Very well written and arrived in good condition

Some stories are better than others but they all make you reflect on the history of family dynamics, womanhood, and romantic relationships.

I love this author I would love to read all her books .My favs are some Souls to keep and The matter is life. CANT FORGET in search of satisfaction if you love a good book to keep you interested her books are amazing.

Read this book with my book club. I absolutely loved it! While reading each story, I felt as though my elder aunt was telling me a story, in order to get me to see the bigger picture. Loved it!

She's a great writer with compelling story lines. I love reading her work. I choose her books based solely on the author. I know that I can't go wrong with a J. California Cooper book.

J. California Cooper has written a collection of stories that carry the theme of love and success with a strong dose of morality. All the protagonists are women who are seeking lives of prosperity and passion but in all the wrong places. The book opens with "As Time Goes By," told in third person (I assume Ms. Cooper is the narrator) which is a story about a girl named Futila Ways. Yes, the name suggests a hardheaded young lady whose mentality is that of a sloth. Her sister, Willa Ways, finds an interest in botany as a child and pursues her interest as adult by earning a Ph.D. suggesting a willingness to learn new things and to apply her intellect that resulted in a successful career and marriage. Unlike the irony in The Wake of the Wind there are no surprising outcomes. "The Eye of the Beholder," is a more substantial effort and the longest story in the book. This story has more depth as a homely little girl (Lily Bea) matures into a poised and desirable business woman; respected and successful despite a lifetime of rejection and humiliation she endured from her mother and siblings. She does pay a hefty price but I get the impression that Ms. Cooper considers this paid price as a stroke of good fortune. Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns is a collection of Cinderella stories that results in either unhappy and/or unresolved endings. In the stories I mentioned previously, I took exception to the fact that the success of the two heroines was dependent upon white people. Granted, white people are no more or no less members of the human family, but the supernatural occurrence of white people changing the course of the lives of the women in these two stories is exasperating. One woman pursues her education with the assistance her white friend and classmate, but I did not find this to be as insulting as the heroine in "Eye of the Beholder" who became no more than a "concubine" for a wealthy white man to find her success. I think the Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns would be very dynamic presented as oral stories to young women with guided discussion. In these current times, many women find themselves setting superficial requirements as prerequisites for entering relationships that turn out to be dysfunctional. This collection of stories addresses issues of self-esteem illustrating the consequences of unprotected sex, the perception of inner versus outer beauty, the importance of education, narcissism and promiscuity, and last but not least, the insignificance of wealth and education without love and spirituality. I recommend this book to young adult women (14 - 21) but if you are looking for the adventures found in some of Ms. Cooper's previous works, you may be disappointed.

My favourite all time author tellibg the stories your mother used to tell you by explaining why.