{"product_id":"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48996286365931,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":51.27,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780374620554-1.jpg?v=1783385241","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9780374620554","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}