num_pages: 208
description: Happy Baby is the story of Theo, once an orphan in the Chicago foster care system and now a grown man living in California. Theo, saturated with memories of abuse and heartache, and filled with the simple wish to understand more about himself, returns to Chicago to reconnect with an old girlfriend from his troubled youth. Told in reverse order, this edgy and powerful novel slowly and subtly turns mysterious, as we attempt to recognize the root of Theo's plight and the source for his quietly wavering humanity.
language: English
title: Happy Baby
titlecomplete: Happy Baby
genres: Fiction, Social Work, Dark, The United States Of America, Abuse, Book Club, Mental Health, Novels, Fostering, BDSM
ratings_count: 710
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Silver)
publisher: Picador