I Want You to Be Happy by Jem Calder
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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.
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).
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.
Additional information
| Format | Paperback / softback |
|---|---|
| Genre | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Readership Level | General (US: Trade) |
| ISBN | 9780571387465 |
I Want You to Be Happy: ‘I couldn’t stop reading.’ Sally Rooney by Jem Calder ISBN 9780571387465