{"product_id":"the-happy-valley-paperback","title":"The Happy Valley - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Harnett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this \"heavily immersive\" (Kirkus) kaleidoscopic voyage through the past, present, and future of the United States, a young girl uncovers a secret society, a middle-aged man searches for his lost first love, a group of teens invent a role-playing game, protests threaten to topple the government, and an eccentric lawyer and his young Vietnamese protégée re-open a dormant case. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A knotty, philosophical mystery dense with lingering regrets.\" \u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1990s in Harmony Valley, a rural, Upstate New York village faded from its 18th and 19th century heyday, a group of teens engaged in an idiosyncratic role-playing game cross paths with June, a mysterious girl whose family has deep roots in the area, and Clyde Duane, a janitor who makes weekly visits to a strange room-the headquarters of a\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003esecret society-opening its door with a golden, serpent-headed key. Meanwhile an eccentric Utica lawyer pulls his young Vietnamese protégée into their firm's special case, which stretches back to the 1840s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, in 2034, as the United States is breaking apart and a new way of life taking shape, June has disappeared. The mystery of her disappearance inspires a journey back to \"The Happy Valley,\" and a reevaluation of the past that exposes the dark personal and societal secrets betraying our founding myths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis atmospheric mystery, at turns gothic, poetic, cerebral, and funny, ranges from rural New York to the outer reaches of the Zebulon Galaxy; from the 1700s to the 4th decade of the 21st century. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel is 414 pages, with 66 full-page b\u0026amp;w illustrations by the author that \"recall the excitability of middle-grade stories\" (Kirkus), and includes an \u003cem\u003eAppendix\u003c\/em\u003e with a \u003cem\u003eTimeline, \u003c\/em\u003e and a detailed \u003cem\u003eReading Group Guide.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 418\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760916070688,"sku":"9798986744544","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e77671908610200d5325490716f24ad4.webp?v=1780194141","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-happy-valley-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}