{"product_id":"i-want-you-to-be-happy","title":"I Want You to Be Happy","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eI Want You to Be Happy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJem Calder\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780374620554\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e272\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a \"Best Book of 2026 So Far\" by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA tender, witty, and sharp debut novel about the passions and peculiarities of modern love, by \"an extraordinarily gifted writer\" (Sally Rooney). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChuck and Joey meet in a bar. He's in his mid-thirties; she's twelve years younger. He long ago abandoned his ambition of being a novelist and works as a copywriter at a big ad agency. \"Lead copywriter,\" he corrects himself. Joey is living paycheck to paycheck on her barista wages and privately dreams of making it as a poet. They go back to Chuck's luxury flat--a world away from Joey's cramped house-share, the crumbs in her bed. Soon, Joey is imagining a future between them and Chuck is moving on from a mistake in his recent past. Amazing, how meeting a new person can make you feel so new. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFunny, excruciating, and true, Jem Calder's \u003ci\u003eI Want You to Be Happy\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharp-eyed tale of two people searching for meaning and connection in modern times, missing the mark maybe, but still trying.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"I Want You to Be Happy | Jem Calder | Hardcover | 9780374620554 | New | Fiction 1774978","offer_id":50532293476504,"sku":"1774978","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81KvQ8UZ_9L.jpg?v=1790352594","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/i-want-you-to-be-happy","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}