{"product_id":"my-happy-life-isbn-9781933368764","title":"My Happy Life","description":"At the opening of \u003ci\u003eMy Happy Life,\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eMy Happy Life\u003c\/i\u003e consistently surprises and excites with its original vision of a unique woman whose rich interior life protects her from the horrors of external reality.\u003cb\u003eLydia Millet\u003c\/b\u003e has written more than a dozen novels and story collections, often about the ties between people and other animals and the crisis of extinction. Her story collection \u003ci\u003eFight No More\u003c\/i\u003e received an Award of Merit from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019, and her collection \u003ci\u003eLove in Infant Monkeys\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2010. She also writes essays, opinion pieces and other ephemera and has worked as an editor and staff writer at the Center for Biological Diversity since 1999. She lives in the desert outside Tucson with her children and boyfriend.","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302377476325,"sku":"NP9781933368764","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781933368764.jpg?v=1767733295","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/my-happy-life-isbn-9781933368764","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}