{"product_id":"i-want-you-to-be-happy-by-jem-calder-9780571387458","title":"I Want You to Be Happy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAN \u003cem\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/em\u003e BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Prepare to see this everywhere.' \u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n'I was totally invested.' Saba Sams\u003cbr\u003e\n'I was utterly enthralled.' Leslie Jamison\u003cbr\u003e\n'Jem Calder is my new favourite writer.' Andrew O'Hagan\u003cbr\u003e\n'Will appeal to \u003cem\u003eCleopatra And Frankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e fans, and the setting and themes is reminiscent of \u003cem\u003eEvenings And Weekends\u003c\/em\u003e.' \u003cem\u003eStylist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFunny, excruciating, and true, \u003cem\u003eI Want You to Be Happy\u003c\/em\u003e is 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\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47665491411180,"sku":"9780571387458","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571387458-i-want-you-to-be-happy.jpg?v=1779746343","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/i-want-you-to-be-happy-by-jem-calder-9780571387458","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}