Some Soul to Keep: A Short Story Collection ARBOR With her hair freshly braided

With her hair freshly braided and her mom's special tiara on her head

and New York Times bestselling author

a secret from them too

Pet is here to hunt a monster

The groundskeeper is part of the household’s all-black staff

Some Soul to Keep: A Short Story Collection ARBOR With her hair freshly braidedFeaturing five incredible short stories exploring love and how its presence or absence impacts family relations, friendships and romantic relationships, Some Soul to Keep draws a vivid picture of Black characters that leap off the page with their spirit and voice in the literary folk tradition associated most often with Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. With her warm narration and understanding of the human condition, J. California Cooper brings