A chance encounter at a hotel plays upon Kitty’s mind as she struggles to balance personal freedom with family life, fidelity and a demanding job. Her husband is more interested in misplaced apostrophes than in their marriage, her parents are looking down the barrel of oblivion, and although she toys with the idea of joining a gym, Kitty’s running out of time for big changes. Happy Now? dares to ask just that, in this painfully truthful, darkly comic take on contemporary life and how to survive it.
What Is the Story of Happy Now??
Happy Now? centers on Kitty, a 40ish Londoner at the end of her rope. She’s juggling a demanding job, a husband who has given up a lucrative career to become a teacher, two young children, needy friends, a passive-aggressive mother and an absent father who lurches from one medical crisis to another. As she tries to keep all her balls in the air, Kitty finds herself asking, “Is this my life? My one and only life?”
