{"product_id":"are-you-happy-stories","title":"Are You Happy?: Stories","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAre You Happy?: Stories\u003c\/h1\u003eLori Ostlund\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Astra House\u003cbr\u003eMay 06 2025\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781662603020\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1662603029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003e\"Don't let\u003ci\u003e Are You Happy? \u003c\/i\u003epass you by: There's not a word out of place in these brilliant Midwestern sketches. They're lonesome, for sure . . . But they're also hilarious.\" --Charles Arrowsmith, \u003ci\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"These nine startling stories capture the subtleties of feeling--and being made to feel--out of place . . .. Ostlund proves herself a master of the form.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNine exquisite stories that explore class, desire, identity, and the specter of violence that looms daily over women and the LGBTQ+ community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn aspiring veterinarian survives a plane crash and starts life over in California. A woman mourns the loss of her childhood friend's innocence and rethinks justice. A queer teacher's sense of safety in the classroom is destroyed. With settings ranging from small-town Minnesota to New Mexico, from bars and bedrooms to a furniture store and a community college, Are You Happy? casts a spotlight on people who try--and often fail--to make peace with their pasts while navigating their present relationships and notions of self. In prose that is evocative and restrained, unpredictable and masterful, Lori Ostlund offers a darkly humorous and compassionate examination of America's preoccupation with loneliness, happiness, guns, and violence.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44069365186605,"sku":"WHS-ba067718136541bda1dc28a91571f186","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_08656275-e077-448f-bd0c-eb2b71981b14.jpg?v=1754757460","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/are-you-happy-stories","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}