Coming July 14, 2026:
I Want You to Be Happy
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A tender, witty, and sharp debut novel about the passions and peculiarities of modern love, by "an extraordinarily gifted writer" (Sally Rooney).
Chuck 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.
Funny, excruciating, and true, Jem Calder's 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.
Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780374620554
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Authors
- Jem Calder
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published Date
- July 14, 2026
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 272
- Physical Info
- 1 in H x 8.25 in L x 5.38 in W (1.0 lb)
