Orrin Hargrave

Happy Boy

Johnny Kessler’s life is anything but child’s play. It’s the ’90s, and while his classmates rollerblade and listen to Walkmans, twelve-year-old Johnny hides a devastating secret. As the weight of keeping his secret grows, his imagination offers a refuge, bringing his Lego men to life and conjuring a giant golfing bee whose wayward tee shot lands him in detention. Johnny’s irreverent humor and cynical wit are his only defense as he tries to make sense of the adult world that betrayed him. But when the truth threatens to come out, Johnny has to decide who to trust, before it’s too late.

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The truth is, it will require a novel, maybe two, to vociferate my life across the page and explain everything about me, or at least the parts I am willing to share. A man does deserve some secrets you know…

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“I found that what I had desired all my life was not to live—if what others are doing is called living—but to express myself.”

– Henry Miller

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