{"product_id":"book-kgpd","title":"Are You Happy?","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Once I read the first story in \u003ci\u003eAre You Happy?\u003c\/i\u003e, I put aside everything else to savor the rest. This is a wise collection, capturing its characters swimming upstream to encounter their fates. With vivid and compassionate prose that explores the countless ways we betray and then rediscover ourselves, Lori Ostlund reminds us of the vitality of the genre.\"—Jai Chakrabarti, author of \u003ci\u003eA Play for the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNine exquisite stories that explore class, desire, identity, and the specter of violence that looms daily over women and the LGBTQ+ community.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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, \u003ci\u003eAre You Happy?\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49705099166000,"sku":"BDkgpd","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49705098969392,"sku":"ZEkgpd","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49705099002160,"sku":"ZMkgpd","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/kgpd-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780585961","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-kgpd","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}