Happy People Don't Live Here: A Novel Ukamaka Olisakwe The changing of seasons means

The changing of seasons means Spooky Isle transforms into an autumnal wonderland--the tree leaves and the skull on Mount Marrow change colors

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Happy People Don't Live Here: A Novel Ukamaka Olisakwe The changing of seasons meansJust past the edge of summer, Alice and her daughter, Fern, arrive at the Pine Lake Apartments a former sanatorium occupied by an ensemble of peculiar neighbors and a smattering of ghosts. Among the living: the Mermaid Lady, who performs in a nightclub fish tank; the building's handyperson, moonlighting as a medium; and an awkwardly charming professor of medieval studies. Fern alone is acquainted with the undead, who pass like troubled clouds through