{"product_id":"happy-land-dolen-perkins-valdez-hardcover","title":"Happy Land -- Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated book of 2025 by \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e ∙ PopSugar ∙ \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e ∙ SheReads ∙ BookBrowse ∙ and more! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman learns the astonishing truth of her family's ties to a vanished American Kingdom in this riveting new novel from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling, NAACP Image Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eTake My Hand\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNikki 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 learn the truth while she still can. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by true events, \u003ci\u003eHappy Land\u003c\/i\u003e is a transporting multi-generational novel about the stories that shape us and the dazzling courage it takes to dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dolen Perkins-Valdez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593337721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2025 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDolen Perkins-Valdez\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWench\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eBalm\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), and most recently \u003ci\u003eTake My Hand \u003c\/i\u003e(2022) which was named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e, NBC News, and elsewhere. Amazon named \u003ci\u003eTake My Hand\u003c\/i\u003e one of the Top 20 Books of 2022. The novel was awarded a 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association, and Fiction Award from Black Caucus of the American Library Association. It has been longlisted for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award. A three-time nominee for a United States Artists Fellowship, Dolen is widely considered a pre-eminent chronicler of American historical life. Her forthcoming novel \u003ci\u003eHappy Land\u003c\/i\u003e will be published in April 2025. She is Associate Professor in the MFA Program at American University in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Perkins-Valdez, Dolen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46253475856612,"sku":"9780593337721","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/91WKlDvtU9L.jpg?v=1745313932","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/happy-land-dolen-perkins-valdez-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}