A funny, sad and serious memoir, How to Be Happy is David Burton's story of his turbulent life at high school and beyond. 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.
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A funny, sad and serious memoir, How to Be Happy is David Burton's story of his turbulent life at high school and beyond. 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.