Happy Land
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Απρ 2025 · Hachette UK
ebook
384
Σελίδες
family_home
Κατάλληλο
info
infoΑυτό το βιβλίο θα γίνει διαθέσιμο στις 10 Απριλίου 2025. Δεν θα χρεωθείτε μέχρι να κυκλοφορήσει.
Σχετικά με το ebook
'It's time we name our kingdom!' he shouted over the wind. 'I say we call this place Happy Land. If this ain't the land of happy people, then where is it? Why not create our heaven right here on earth?'
Nikki Berry hasn't seen her grandmother Rita in years. When she calls out of the blue asking Nikki to visit her urgently in the hills of North Carolina, Nikki hesitates only for a moment. Her mother and grandmother have long been estranged, and after years of silence in her family, Nikki is determined to learn the truth while she still can.
But instead of answers about the recent past, Mother Rita tells Nikki the incredible story of a kingdom on this very mountain, and of her great-great-great grandmother, Luella, who became 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 contained in these hills. Because this land is their legacy, and it will be up to her to protect it before - like so much else - it 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.
Nikki Berry hasn't seen her grandmother Rita in years. When she calls out of the blue asking Nikki to visit her urgently in the hills of North Carolina, Nikki hesitates only for a moment. Her mother and grandmother have long been estranged, and after years of silence in her family, Nikki is determined to learn the truth while she still can.
But instead of answers about the recent past, Mother Rita tells Nikki the incredible story of a kingdom on this very mountain, and of her great-great-great grandmother, Luella, who became 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 contained in these hills. Because this land is their legacy, and it will be up to her to protect it before - like so much else - it 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.
Σχετικά με τον συγγραφέα
Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times bestselling author of Wench (2010), Balm (2015), and most recently Take My Hand (2022). She is an Associate Professor at American University and lives in Washington, DC with her family.
Πληροφορίες ανάγνωσης
Smartphone και tablet
Εγκαταστήστε την εφαρμογή Βιβλία Google Play για Android και iPad/iPhone. Συγχρονίζεται αυτόματα με τον λογαριασμό σας και σας επιτρέπει να διαβάζετε στο διαδίκτυο ή εκτός σύνδεσης, όπου κι αν βρίσκεστε.
Φορητοί και επιτραπέζιοι υπολογιστές
Μπορείτε να ακούσετε ηχητικά βιβλία τα οποία αγοράσατε στο Google Play, χρησιμοποιώντας το πρόγραμμα περιήγησης στον ιστό του υπολογιστή σας.
eReader και άλλες συσκευές
Για να διαβάσετε περιεχόμενο σε συσκευές e-ink, όπως είναι οι συσκευές Kobo eReader, θα χρειαστεί να κατεβάσετε ένα αρχείο και να το μεταφέρετε στη συσκευή σας. Ακολουθήστε τις αναλυτικές οδηγίες του Κέντρου βοήθειας για να μεταφέρετε αρχεία σε υποστηριζόμενα eReader.
