{"product_id":"happy-for-you-paperback","title":"Happy for You - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaire Stanford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW \u003c\/i\u003eEDITORS' CHOICE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY \u003ci\u003eGLAMOUR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eELECTRIC LIT\u003c\/i\u003e, AND \u003ci\u003eTHE MILLIONS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Engrossing and clever . . . Stanford captures the allure, absurdity and menace of corporate spaces with wit and levity . . . Anyone who has resisted fitting neatly into an algorithm will find a companion in Evelyn, and in this book.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eThe optimal novel for the strange times we find ourselves in.\" --Rachel Khong, author of \u003ci\u003eGoodbye, Vitamin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA whip-smart, funny, affecting novel about a young woman who takes a job at a tech company looking to break into the \"happiness market\"--even as her own happiness feels more unknowable than ever\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour years into writing her still-unfinished philosophy dissertation, and anticipating a marriage proposal from her long-term boyfriend, Evelyn Kominsky Kumamoto is wrestling with big questions about life: How can she do meaningful work in the world? Is she ready for marriage--and motherhood? But no one else around her seems to share her ambivalence. Her relentlessly optimistic, Midwestern boyfriend has no hesitation about making a lifelong commitment; her best friend, Sharky, seems to have wholeheartedly embraced his second-choice career as a trend forecaster; and her usually reserved father has thrown himself headlong into a new relationship--his first since her mother's passing when Evelyn was fourteen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Swallowing her doubts, Evelyn makes a leap, leaving academia for a job as a researcher at the third-most popular internet company, where her team is tasked with developing an app that will help users quantify and augment their happiness. Confronting Silicon Valley's norm-reinforcing algorithms and predominantly white culture, she struggles to find belonging: as a biracial person, as an Asian American, and as someone who doesn't know how to perform social media's vision of what womanhood should look like. As her misgivings mount, an unexpected development upends her assumptions about her future, and Evelyn embarks on a journey toward an authentic happiness all her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wry, touching, and sharply attuned to the ambivalence, atomization, and illusion of control that characterize modern life, \u003ci\u003eHappy for You\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of a young woman at a crossroads that movingly explores how, even in this mediated world, our emotions, contradictions, and vulnerabilities have a transformative power we could never predict.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Stanford\u003c\/b\u003e's fiction and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Lit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. She received her MFA from the University of Minnesota and her PhD in English at the University of California, Los Angeles. Born and raised in Berkeley, she currently lives in Reno, where she is an assistant professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.02 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701961756735,"sku":"9780593298282","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bb8d31f488cd8eeccf680ea3436f6405.webp?v=1765022619","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/happy-for-you-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}