Happy Land: Beneath The Bright Lights

By Robert Barredo

Happy Land is a cruel paradox-a tragedy of seismic proportion. A slum where joy flickers through the cracks of relentless poverty. Children laugh in the streets while their parents are slowly crushed under the weight of broken dreams and unpayable debts. In this forgotten corner of the city, one family fights to survive a fate that feels carved in stone.

At the center is Delia, a young woman working at Bayle, a high-end gentlemen's club that masks exploitation behind glamour. When she meets Aga, the charming son of a powerful senator, she finds an escape. But beneath his polished exterior lies a darkness that threatens her liberty... and life.

Her father, Yoyong, once full of hope, now scavenges through trash to keep them alive, his body buckling under the weight of survival. Her younger brother, Denz, flirts with the pull of gang life, seduced by fast money and power. Their youngest, Chard, burns with a fever they can't afford to treat. And Narcisa, their stepmother, clings to the dream of working overseas, believing salvation lies beyond the sea.

But they are trapped-deep in debt to Felicia, a ruthless madam who sees Delia's beauty as a lucrative ticket in the dark web's growing flesh trade. As violence erupts and blood is spilled, the family teeters on the edge.

Each must choose between their dignity and their survival.

In Happy Land, the price of hope is steep-and no one escapes without scars.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F4MWT2YT
• ISBN13: 9798316924578
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"