# A Good and Happy Child

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- Book: [A Good and Happy Child](https://www.bookquiver.com/justin-evans/a-good-and-happy-child) ([A Good and Happy Child.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/justin-evans/a-good-and-happy-child.md))
- Authors: [Justin Evans](https://www.bookquiver.com/justin-evans)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9952-031-3
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2008-07-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

George Davies has a problem: he can't bring himself to hold his newborn son. Desperate to save his dwindling marriage and redeem himself as a father and husband, George visits a therapist and begins to delve into the childhood memories that may be the root of his issues. Ten-year-old George, in the wake of his father's harrowing and unexpected death, is experiencing ominous visions - some friendly, others outright terrifying. Unable to control those visions, George starts to display erratic behaviour and eventually becomes violent. When a mysterious murder is ultimately revealed, the stakes are suddenly much higher for him and his family. Are the visions just the product of a grief-stricken child's overactive imagination? Symptoms of mental illness? Or is ten-year-old George possessed by a darker, more malevolent force?