Host Emily is joined by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of the 2026 Reading Across Rhode Island selection Happy Land, to discuss the themes of family and community in her book. They also dig into strong sisterhood bonds, Queen Charlotte, and crab cakes. In the Last Chapter, Emily asks: is there a character from a book whose story you'd like to see get a different ending?

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Books

Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams

After the Fall by Edward Ashton

Browse books by Kate Quinn in the library catalog

Media

Moonlight (2016)

Bridgerton (2020- )

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Other

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Reading With Robin

Rhode Island Center for the Book

47 - Reading Across Rhode Island with Dolen Perkins-Valdez