Happy Land

Synopsis

A woman learns the incredible story of a real-life American Kingdom—and her family&’s ties to it—in this enthralling novel from the New York Times bestselling, NAACP Image Award-winning author of Take My Hand.Named a Most Anticipated book of 2025 by People ∙ Harper's Bazaar ∙ PopSugar ∙ Reader's Digest ∙ SheReads ∙ Woman&’s World ∙ BookBrowse ∙ and more!Nikki hasn&’t seen her grandmother in years. 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, due to a mysterious estrangement between her mother and grandmother, she&’s determined to learn the truth while she still can.But instead of answers about the recent past, Mother Rita tells Nikki an incredible story of a kingdom on this very mountain, and of her great-great-great grandmother, Luella, who would become its queen. It sounds like the makings of a fairy tale—royalty among a community of freed people. But the more Nikki learns about the Kingdom of the Happy Land, and the lives of those who dwelled in the ruins she discovers in the woods, the more she realizes how much of her identity and her family&’s secrets are wrapped up in these hills. Because this land is their legacy, and it will be up to her to protect it before it, like so much else, is stolen away.Inspired by true events, Happy Land is a transporting multi-generational novel about the stories that shape us and the dazzling courage it takes to dream.

Copyright:

2025

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

368 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780593337738

Related ISBNs:

9780593337721, 9798217063741, 9798217063758

Publisher:

Penguin Publishing Group

Date of Addition:

04/08/25

Copyrighted By:

Dolen Perkins-

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Literature and Fiction

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.