{"product_id":"happy-land-hardcover","title":"Happy Land - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDolen Perkins-Valdez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman learns the incredible story of a real-life American Kingdom--and her family's ties to it--in this enthralling novel from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling, NAACP Image Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eTake My Hand\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated book of 2025 by \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e ∙ \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e ∙ PopSugar ∙ \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e ∙ SheReads ∙ Woman's World ∙ BookBrowse ∙ and more!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNikki 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. \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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDolen Perkins-Valdez\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTake My Hand \u003c\/i\u003e(2022), which was awarded an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, a Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association, and a Fiction award from the Black Caucus American Library Association, and was long-listed for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award. A three-time nominee for a United States Artists Fellowship, Dolen is widely considered a preeminent chronicler of American historical life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 x 9.28 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378939097190,"sku":"9780593337721","price":37.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/J-xieAOqms9780593337721.webp?v=1768912800","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/happy-land-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}