Happy Land
(Book)
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25 copies, 70 people are on the wait list.
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WCPL - Adult Fiction
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Published:
New York : Berkley, [2025].
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
356 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
Unknown
ISBN:
9780593337721, 0593337727, 9780593337721
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Description
"Inspired by distant memories of African kingdoms, a community of formerly enslaved men and women grasped freedom and started lives on mountain land that they owned. They worked hard, lived well, and loved there. For a time the kingdom thrived...and then it disappeared. Present Day. Nikki hasn't seen her grandmother in years, due to a mysterious estrangement inherited from her mother. So when the elder calls out of the blue with an urgent request for Nikki to visit her in the hills of western North Carolina, Nikki hesitates only for a moment. After years of silence in her family, she's determined to get answers while she still can. But instead of answers about the recent past, Mother Rita tells Nikki a shocking story about her great-great-great-grandmother Queen Luella and the very land they are standing on. Land that Mother Rita says must be protected. The more Nikki learns about the Kingdom of the Happy Land and the lives of those who dwelled in the ruins she finds in the woods-who are buried beneath stone grave markers-the more she understands that sometimes, atonement for the previous generations' mistakes falls squarely on the shoulders of the descendants. And it's up to her to make things right."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Perkins-Valdez, D. (2025). Happy Land. Berkley.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Perkins-Valdez, Dolen. 2025. Happy Land. Berkley.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Perkins-Valdez, Dolen, Happy Land. Berkley, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Perkins-Valdez, Dolen. Happy Land. Berkley, 2025.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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| Last Horizon Extract Time | Apr 10, 2025 08:01:37 AM |
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| Last File Modification Time | Apr 13, 2025 05:15:27 AM |
| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Apr 25, 2025 05:07:21 AM |
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