{"product_id":"are-you-happy-stories-lori-ostlund-hardcover","title":"Are You Happy?: Stories -- Lori Ostlund, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2026 Joyce Carol Oates Prize\n\nLonglisted for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award\n\nPublishing Triangle's Ferro Gumley Award for LGBTQ+ Fiction Finalist\n\nCalifornia Book Awards Finalist\n\nWashington Post Notable Work of Fiction from 2025\n\nElectric Literature Best Short Story Collection of 2025\n\nKirkus Best Fiction Book of 2025 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \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.\"\n\n--\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lori Ostlund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Astra House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/6\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.4\" H x 5.8\" L x 1.2\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781662603020\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51808016630059,"sku":"9781662603020","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781662603020_fefa3ef1-e745-4b34-a221-71c8003fb870.jpg?v=1780938121","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/are-you-happy-stories-lori-ostlund-hardcover","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}