{"product_id":"are-you-happy-stories-hardcover","title":"Are You Happy?: Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLori Ostlund\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] piercing collection . . . These stories will dazzle readers.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLori Ostlund is the author of \u003ci\u003eAre You Happy? \u003c\/i\u003e(Astra House, May 2025). Her novel \u003ci\u003eAfter the Parade\u003c\/i\u003e (Scribner, 2015) was a B\u0026amp;N Discover pick, a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Bigness of the World\u003c\/i\u003e (UGA, 2009; Scribner, 2016), received the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award, and the California Book Award for First Fiction. Her stories have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003ePEN\/O. Henry Prize Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eZYZZYVA\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places. Lori has received a Rona Jaffe Foundation Award and was a finalist for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. She has served as the series editor of the Flannery O'Connor Award since 2022 and is on the board of the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. She lives in San Francisco with her wife, the writer Anne Raeff. www.loriostlund.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378896400486,"sku":"9781662603020","price":34.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/YaQQ4TNeZ59781662603020.webp?v=1768912624","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/are-you-happy-stories-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}