{"product_id":"i-want-you-to-be-happy","title":"I Want You to Be Happy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tender, witty, and sharp debut novel about the passions and peculiarities of modern love, by \"an extraordinarily gifted writer\" (Sally Rooney).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\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.","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46212311843012,"sku":"9780374620554","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/7761\/7348\/files\/imageloader_f3069537-63c0-4d7b-ae55-611f27c56a64.jpg?v=1780599228","url":"https:\/\/www.fmcbooks.com\/products\/i-want-you-to-be-happy","provider":"FMC Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}