Happyland (novel)
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Happyland is satirical novel written by J. Robert Lennon about a town in upstate New York that is taken over by a doll maker. Some have interpreted the plot as an account of American Girl founder Pleasant Rowland's attempt to develop the village of Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, into a quaint tourism destination. The novel also features a women's college, very much like Rowland's alma mater Wells College and portrays it as a center of lesbian activity.
In 2006, Happyland was dropped by publisher W. W. Norton, which had previously published Lennon's book Mailman. Instead, it was published as a five-part serial in Harper's Magazine.[1]
[edit] External links
- Interview in the Aurora, NY local newspaper
- Report on Happyland in the Ithaca Times
- Aurora NY, the village that inspired Happyland
[edit] References
- ^ Donadio, Rachel (2006-08-27). "The Mystery of the Missing Novel". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/books/review/Donadio.t.html?ex=1183435200&en=69ba6da6890d0473&ei=5070. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
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