{"product_id":"are-you-happy-stories","title":"Are You Happy?: Stories","description":"\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.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1662603029\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781662603020\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Ostlund, Lori\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Astra House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Astra House","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover (May 2025)","offer_id":46080842498245,"sku":"9781662603020","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781662603020.jpg?v=1776040738","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/are-you-happy-stories","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}