{"product_id":"i-want-you-to-be-happy","title":"I Want You to Be Happy","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJem Calder\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cambridge and lives and works in London. His fiction has been published in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the short-story collection \n\u003ci\u003eReward System\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A totally devastating--and all too relatable--portrait of modern romance.\" \u003cb\u003e--Barry Pierce, \u003ci\u003eVogue (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Calder's characters feel startlingly (and, at times, infuriatingly) real . . . Sparse and exacting, Calder has a remarkable way of capturing the complexities of dating, relationships, and simply existing in the 2020s . . . A clever, wry, and hyper-realistic portrayal of contemporary life.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\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.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Sally Rooney\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Jem Calder's \n\u003ci\u003eI Want You To Be Happy\u003c\/i\u003e brought me so close to its characters that their world became more real to me than my own. This is a gripping, wise, sad, funny book. It pays such close attention to the textures of life as it's actually lived \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ein all its in-between moments and unspoken feelings and ambivalence, its blackouts and needy texts and ambushes of tenderness. Jem Calder feels like a particular kind of wizard, sculpting precisely-realized moments of aliveness that feel, at once, startlingly lucid and radiant with mystery. I was utterly enthralled.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Leslie Jamison, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSplinters\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"I became totally invested in this. An elegant and disquieting vision of contemporary pain.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Saba Sams, author of \u003ci\u003eGunk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/15\/2026 (EAN 9780374620554, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/22\/2026 pg. 1 (EAN 9780374620554, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/29\/2026 (EAN 9780374620554, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eCalder, Jem\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJem Calder \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Cambridge and lives and works in London. His fiction has been published in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the short-story collection \n\u003ci\u003eReward System\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496085520662,"sku":"9780374620554","price":33.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780374620554.jpg?v=1783052908","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/i-want-you-to-be-happy","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}