{"product_id":"river-of-angels-stories-stephen-cooper-paperback","title":"River of Angels: Stories -- Stephen Cooper, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom John Fante's biographer, ten stories of blood relations, family skeletons, random forces, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the often-violent folly of love. Set against the double-edged splendors of greater Los \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngeles, from downtown streets to studio soundstages to gated mansions, from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edesert to mountains to sea, these are stories of people striving to reckon with the American\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehands they've been dealt in the marked-card gamble of their lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA stoner son heading off to fight in a war drives his mother to see the eye doctor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA fourth-grade Catholic-school teacher, unattached, meets her match made in hell. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesperado artist-lovers flee the scenes of their crimes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA stranger knocks at the front door...\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMothers and fathers, sons and daughters, husbands, wives, and roving agents of chaos collide here with sometimes comic, often tragic but always lasting effects. In story after story something happens that matters-not least to the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e What Books Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798998905513\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cooper, Stephen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46819966419172,"sku":"9798998905513","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9798998905513.jpg?v=1759913052","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/river-of-angels-stories-stephen-cooper-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}