Happyland (novel)

Happyland (novel)

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 a thinly veiled 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". [Cite news | issn = 0362-4331 | last = Donadio | first = Rachel | title = The Mystery of the Missing Novel | work = The New York Times | accessdate = 2007-07-01 | date = 2006-08-27 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/books/review/Donadio.t.html?ex=1183435200&en=69ba6da6890d0473&ei=5070 ]

External links

* [http://www.aurorany.org/Happyland.html Interview in the Aurora, NY local newspaper]
* [http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16997154&BRD=1395&PAG=461&dept_id=216620&rfi=6 Report on Happyland in the Ithaca Times]
* [http://www.geocities.com/auroracoalition/ Aurora NY, the village that inspired Happyland]

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