My Happy Life - Lydia Millet - Books - Soft Skull Press - 9781933368764 - April 4, 2007
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My Happy Life

Lydia Millet

My Happy Life

At the opening of My Happy Life, the unnamed narrator has been abandoned in a locked room of a deserted mental hospital. She hasn't seen the nice man who brings her food in days; so she's eaten the soap, the toothpaste, and even tried to eat the plaster on her walls ? a dietary adventure that ended none too well. This woman's story, covering decades and spanning continents, is tragic, yet she is curiously at peace, even happy. Despite a lifetime of neglect, physical abuse, and loss, she's incapable of perceiving slight or injury. She has infinite faith in the goodwill of others, loves even her enemies, and finds grace and communion in places most people wouldn't dare to brave. Lauded by both critics and readers, My Happy Life consistently surprises and excites with its original vision of a unique woman whose rich interior life protects her from the horrors of external reality.


160 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 4, 2007
ISBN13 9781933368764
Publishers Soft Skull Press
Pages 160
Dimensions 127 × 203 × 12 mm   ·   149 g
Language English  

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