My Happy Life

Name: My Happy Life
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ISBN: 9781933368764

ISBN-10: 1933368764

ISBN-13: 9781933368764

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Authors: Lydia Millet

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A simple woman looks back on her harsh life with extraordinary insight and unexpected joy At the opening of "My Happy Life," the unnamed narrator of this bittersweet fictional memoir has been abandoned in a locked room of a defunct hospital for the mentally ill. She hasn't seen the nice man who brings her food in days; she's eaten the soap and the toothpaste; she tried to eat the plaster on her walls, a dietary adventure that ended none too well. And yet, curiously, the narrator is 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…

Book details

List price: $13.00
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Publication date: 4/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.330

Lydia Millet is the author of Omnivores and George Bush, Dark Prince of Love. She lives in Tucson, Arizona and New York City.