A wry comedy about Art, a frustrated musician, undergoing what he sees as a quarter life crisis. This is not helped when his girlfriend dumps him and he has to move back in with his middle class parents ? who are far from thrilled with the idea. Art discovers self-help guru, DR LEVI ELLINGTON, author of It's Not Your Fault. Using inheritance money, Art pays for Dr Ellington to move in with him and his parents becoming Art's full-time life coach, shadowing him wherever he goes. Art's painfully funny journey to define his existence brings to the fore the dysfunctional relationship he has with his parents and the importance in his life of his oddball friends. Rich in detail and dark yet affectionate humor, How to Be is a timely look at the increasingly common phenomena of grown-up children living at home, frustrated creativity and self-help.