One Book, One Buncombe Author Event with Dolen Perkins-Valdez
A community-wide read centered on Happy Land, a Western North Carolina novel exploring land, memory, resilience, and local history. Stop by a library discussion group or hear author historian Dolen Perkins Valdez speak at Ferguson Auditorium.
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