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I Want You to Be Happy
'I couldn't stop reading.' Sally Rooney
Brief Description
Each time Joey leaves Chuck's plush apartment, it's with a fuller sense that he might just be the person for her. His smile, his maturity. The shared interests. The way he warms her hands in his. Ignore the differences - the twelve-year-age gap, her small damp...
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Funny, 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).
Funny, 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).
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Each time Joey leaves Chuck's plush apartment, it's with a fuller sense that he might just be the person for her. His smile, his maturity. The shared interests. The way he warms her hands in his. Ignore the differences - the twelve-year-age gap, her small damp house-share, her meagre barista wages. Trying to explain it doesn't explain it at all. Amazing, how a new person finding you interesting can make you feel so new. She wonders: could he love me?
Funny, excruciating and true, I Want You to Be Happy is a sharp-eyed tale of two people searching for meaning and connection in modern times. It might even be a love story.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571387465
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Export - Airside ed
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 240
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About the Author
Jem Calder was born in Cambridge, and lives and works in London. His fiction has been published in The Stinging Fly and Granta, and his debut short story collection, Reward System, was published by Faber in 2022.
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