THE ANTHOLOGIST SINCE 1927 THE LITERARY AND FINE ARTS JOURNAL OF RUTGERS COLLEGE R E V I E W My Happy Life By Lydia Millet [2002] Review by Ian MacAllen The once orphaned narrator is locked away in a hospital that has been abandoned. Telling her tale on the walls of the her room, the reader is exposed to her harsh life from the time she is a small girl through being locked away. Also occurring is her attempt to escape the room that since the hospital has been closed, has been locked off from food and the outside world. The book captures a child like sense, which contributes to the impression that the narrator is deservedly locked away. The perils she is put threw, though believable are somewhat fantastically, particularly when considering their occurrence in tandem, and all to one person. Over all the book reads easily and quickly; I read finished it in two nights. Overall, it has a generally optimistic sentiment carried through the character and her continued happiness despite her setbacks. Interesting, and fun to read, I would recommend spending the short amount of time it takes to read it through.