The Happy Place: A Ghost Story from the Summer of 1969

By Barry Cook

In the summer of 1969, a free-wheeling hippie, on his way to the now legendary Woodstock music festival, meets a beautiful artist and agrees to sit for a portrait; but before the paint is dry, he falls victim to the artist’s jealous husband who murders him - leaving his soul trapped inside the portrait.

THE HAPPY PLACE novella is Barry Cook’s debut title as an author, yet he has worked as a professional storyteller in the motion picture industry for more than forty years.

In this charming written version of THE HAPPY PLACE, he weaves memories from his teenage years living in his family’s old farmhouse into a fictional tale filled with grace and humor that will encourage the reader to face the ‘afterlife’ without fear.