num_pages: 208
description: Some stories begin with happy-ever-after...HAPPY BABY is the story of Theo, once the eponymous happy baby, but later an orphan in foster care and now a grown man living in California. Haunted by memories of neglect, abandonment and abuse, Theo returns to Chicago where he lived as a troubled adolescent, to track down an old girlfriend. Told in reverse order, this is an edgy and powerful novel, chilling in its portrayal of a life slowly yet systematically disintegrating.
language: English
title: Happy Baby
titlecomplete: Happy Baby
genres: Dark, Abuse, Mental Health, The United States Of America, Novels, Fostering, Fiction, Book Club, Social Work, BDSM
ratings_count: 711
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Silver)
publisher: Pan MacMillan