"Cooper’s stories beckon. It is if she is patting the seat next to her, enticing us to come sit and listen as she tells complex tales about women, often poor women, chasing dreams of love, a house and a family."
–Ms.
"[Cooper] knows how to ‘talk’ her stories to us, as though each of them is told by a kindly and concerned friend…The sound of them is lovely, memorable, haunting."
–San Francisco Chronicle
