Nikki hasn't seen her grandmother for decades, not since a falling-out between Nikki's mother and Mother Rita led to years of silence between them. But when Mother Rita calls with an urgent request for Nikki to visit her, she views it as an opportunity to mend fences and get to know her long-estranged grandmother. What Nikki doesn't anticipate, however, is learning that her ancestors were the founders of their own kingdom in the hills of western North Carolina and that her great-great grandmother Luella was their queen.
Told in alternating chapters focusing on Luella and her fellow recently-freed settlers, and Nikki and Mother Rita's fight to keep hold of the land 150 years later, this is a captivating story of legacy, identity, and family ties. It's also filled with all kinds of fascinating information about the very real Kingdom of the Happy Land and thorny property laws, which enhanced this already enchanting read. Highly recommended.
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