{"product_id":"i-want-you-to-be-happy-9780374620554","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jem Calder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374620554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/22\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJem Calder\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cambridge and lives and works in London. His fiction has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the short-story collection \u003ci\u003eReward System\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jem Calder \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48685079920797,"sku":"9780374620554","price":33.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_44ea8225-4ed6-43f3-b03c-69668174977a.jpg?v=1784714168","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/i-want-you-to-be-happy-9780374620554","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}