Maisha, the narrator of "A Shooting Star, " chronicles the much-gossiped-about affairs of her friend Lorene and laments her inability to differentiate between sex and love. In "The Eagle Flies, " Vinnie, a single mother, devotes herself to her selfish children, letting opportunities for her own happiness slip by until it is almost too late. In "A Filet of Soul, " Louella, raised to believe she is ugly and undesirable, falls for a fast-talking con man and loses her small inheritance and her dignity; but his betrayal turns out to mark the beginning of a love affair -- and a life -- Louella had never imagined she would find. In the final story of this collection, "The Lost and the Found, " Lorene waits and waits for the philandere she loves to marry her, almost letting the love of a good man pass her by A master storyteller in th full blossom of her talents, Cooper will encourage those with even the most closed hearts to wake up and live.