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African American Authors Book Group Meets the Last Thursday of the month. All Adults Are Welcome February Title:Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
African American Authors Book Group Meets the Last Thursday of the month.
All Adults Are Welcome
February Title:Happy Land by
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Summary:"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"
This title is available in various formats regular print, large print , eBook and as an eAudio
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The Bedford Branch (formerly known as the Southeast Branch) became the fourth branch to join Cuyahoga County Public Library in 1924. A groundbreaking for the current 14,617-square-foot building took place in 1990 and the building was formally dedicated a year later.
This branch is a Student Success Center and a Greater Cleveland Food Bank Kids Café location.