To what audience would you recommend Happy Land? Is there another book or author you feel has a similar theme or style?

BookBrowse Book Club Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
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To what audience would you recommend Happy Land? Is there another book or author you feel has a similar theme or style?

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Id definitely recommend to my womens book club and friends at my church. These are women interested in history and concerned about injustice.

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I would recommend this to book clubs that like historical fiction and also like to read about how women have influenced history.

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I also would recommend this book to those who enjoy historical fiction, multigenerational novels and books with women’s focus

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I would recommend to anyone that enjoys books about families and their history. Also people who are interested in learning about the black community and how they survived after they were free. I liked that Happy Land was indeed a real settlement for them.

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I agree with all the previous posters on their reasons for the audiences for this book. I would also add for anyone who likes reading about relationships between mothers and daughters.

Books that I have read with a similar theme include:

Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris

Moonrise Over Jessup by Jamila Minnicks

One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon, though I wouldn’t recommend this one.

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This would be a great read for book clubs. I’ve recommended it to friends.

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I would recommend this book to everyone. I think there’s something valuable and beautiful in it for all people.

Books I’ve recently read with similar themes are Speak to Me of Home and Junie. Both focus on family and mother-daughter relationships.

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This book would be for book clubs, people interested in women’s and black history.

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This would be a great book club book, but really anyone that would like to learn more about other cultures and history.

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I will recommend it to my two black coworkers on Monday when I see them at the office as I feel like they would appreciate the history and strong female characters. I find this book reminds me of “Cursed daughters” and “Death of the author” in that it tells a less-heavy history of black americans and their strife for freedom and independence without going too deep into the horrible suffering they endured.

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I would recommend it to other women and anyone who likes stories about complicated families. I felt that Luella’s chapters were particularly strong so I’d also recommend Happy Land to anyone who is interested in US history.

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I would recommend it to anyone interested in American Historical Fiction. I just finished Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson and I think if someone enjoyed one book, they would enjoy the other.

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I would recommend this book to people who like historical fiction that is light on wars and battles and leans into the personal stories of history.

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I have definitely recommended this book to historical fiction fans, especially readers looking for books by BIPOC authors.

Just a few other historical fiction books I recommend (aside from Take My Hand by the same author):

Where the Wildflowers Grow by Terah Shelton Harris

The Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams

Blood Sisters and The Bone Thief by Vanessa Lillie

All That We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore

Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo

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