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Somerset Maugham

and the lies that bind her family together

and the only solace she finds is in Angharad

her father sends Aaron and David

James Authors This Is Happiness is aWhen Jim, an enslaved man in antebellum Missouri, learns hes about to be sold away from his family, he flees to Jackson Island, determined to claim his own fate. At the same time, Huck Finn stages his death to escape his violent father. Together, they set off down the Mississippi River on a perilous journey through a divided nation and toward the fragile promise of freedom. Reworking The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Percival Everett restores Jim as