{"product_id":"9780571387458-i-want-you-to-be-happy","title":"I Want You to Be Happy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'I couldn't stop reading.' Sally Rooney\u003cbr\u003eFunny, excruciating and true, this is the story of a new couple searching for meaning and connection in modern times - from 'an extraordinarily gifted writer' (Sally Rooney).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER \u003c\/i\u003eBEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Prepare to see this everywhere.' \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I was totally invested.' Saba Sams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I was utterly enthralled.' Leslie Jamison \u003cbr\u003e'Jem Calder is my new favourite writer.' Andrew O'Hagan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Will appeal to \u003ci\u003eCleopatra And Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e fans, and the setting and themes is reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eEvenings And Weekends\u003c\/i\u003e.' \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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 mistake 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 still trying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57721981960566,"sku":"9780571387458","price":12.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41104656.jpg?v=1779259545","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571387458-i-want-you-to-be-happy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}