How To Be Happy: A Memoir Of Love, Sex And Teenage Confusion

Author: David Burton

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Price : 19.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781925240344
Publisher : Text Publishing Company
Imprint : Text Publishing Company
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Weight (g) : 0.206
Publication date : 01 July 2015
Dimensions : 198mm X 128mm
Produced in : Australia
RRP : 19.99
Availability date : 01 September 2015
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Product Type : books

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Author : David Burton
Bind : Paperback
Edition : Sep-15
Pages : 272
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Description

A funny, sad and serious memoir, How to Be Happy is David Burton's story of his turbulent life at high school and beyond. Feeling out of place and convinced that he is not normal, David has a rocky start. He longs to have a girlfriend, but his first 'date' is a disaster. There's the catastrophe of the school swimming carnival - David is not sporty - and friendships that take devastating turns. Then he finds some solace in drama classes with the creation of 'Crazy Dave', and he builds a life where everything is fine. But everything is not fine. And, at the centre of it all, trying desperately to work it all out, is the real David. How to Be Happy tackles depression, friendship, sexual identity, suicide, academic pressure, love and adolescent confusion. It's a brave and honest account of one young man's search for a happy, true and meaningful life that will resonate with readers young and old.

Awards

Winner of The Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing 2014.