{"product_id":"9781039058965","title":"I Want You to Be Happy","description":"\u003cb\u003e“THE SALLY ROONEY-APPROVED BOOK OF THE SUMMER.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDAZED\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNAMED 'A BEST DEBUT NOVELIST' BY \u003ci\u003eTHE OBSERVER • \u003c\/i\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eJULY BOOKS PICK\u003ci\u003e • \u003c\/i\u003eNAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED NOVEL BY \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eGQ \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eTHE GUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e • GOOD HOUSEKEEPING \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eI Want You to Be Happy\u003c\/i\u003e is an irresistible novel that asks complex questions about contemporary life and refuses easy answers. I couldn’t stop reading.” —Sally Rooney\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“An agonisingly bittersweet comedy.” ―\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A totally devastating—and all too relatable—portrait of modern romance.” ―\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Hypnotizing, like a long story from a friend you always have good banter with.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChuck and Joey meet in a bar. He's in his mid-thirties; she's twelve years younger. He's long abandoned his ambition of becoming a novelist and now works as a copywriter at a big ad agency. 'Lead copywriter,' he corrects himself. Joey lives 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's imagining a future between them, and Chuck's moving on from a major change in his recent past. Amazing, how meeting a new person can make you feel so new.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFunny, excruciating, and true, \u003ci\u003eI Want You to Be Happy \u003c\/i\u003eis a sharp-eyed tale of two people searching for meaning and connection in modern times, missing the mark maybe, but trying.","brand":"Jem Calder","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":46944826523702,"sku":"9781039058965","price":35.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/2026\/9110\/files\/i-want-you-to-be-happy-5350978.jpg?v=1784721501","url":"https:\/\/shopsaturdaymorning.ca\/products\/9781039058965","provider":"Saturday Morning","version":"1.0","type":"link"}