Happy People Don't Live Here: A Novel Ukamaka Olisakwe outcast's coming-of-age during the desperate

outcast's coming-of-age during the desperate days of the Great Depression

She soared in the 2024 Paris Olympics

that plants cannot be reasoned with

The changing of seasons means Spooky Isle transforms into an autumnal wonderland--the tree leaves and the skull on Mount Marrow change colors

Happy People Don't Live Here: A Novel Ukamaka Olisakwe outcast's coming-of-age during the desperateJust past the edge of summer, Alice and her daughter, Fern, arrive at the Pine Lake Apartments a former sanatorium occupied by an ensemble of peculiar neighbors and a smattering of ghosts. Among the living: the Mermaid Lady, who performs in a nightclub fish tank; the building's handyperson, moonlighting as a medium; and an awkwardly charming professor of medieval studies. Fern alone is acquainted with the undead, who pass like troubled clouds through