{"product_id":"i-want-you-to-be-happy-9780571387458","title":"I Want You to Be Happy : 'I couldn't stop reading.' Sally Rooney","description":"\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\u003cp\u003eFunny, 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, missing the mark maybe, but still trying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Jem Calder\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 21 May 2026 by Faber \u0026amp; Faber.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jem Calder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320766996858,"sku":"9780571387458","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780571387458.jpg?v=1790660992","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/i-want-you-to-be-happy-9780571387458","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}