Are You Happy Now: 'One of the best novels of 2023' Sara Collins

"Are You Happy Now?" is a novel that explores the idea of living in a world where the only choice is to feel everything or nothing at all. It follows the stories of Yun, Emory, Andrew, and Fin, who are all dealing with the aftermath of a sudden phenomenon that causes people to sit down and never get back up. The book is praised for its brilliant concept, perfect execution, and compelling meditation on fear, hope, grief, and the difficulty of imagining a future in a world in crisis.

Format: Hardback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 02 February 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

A New York City wedding. Two great love stories. The beginning of a breaking world. Yun and Emory fall into an intense romance, and then don't let go. Andrew is clinging to his marriage, but he knows he's lying to himself. Fin can't resist ruining things, until he meets the right person. But on that night, the world shifts in an impossible way. One of the wedding guests suddenly sits down and never gets back up. Soon people are doing it all across the world. Is it a choice - or an illness? Can anyone be happy in a world where the only choice is to feel everything - or nothing at all? An intensely compulsive novel for anyone who has ever felt hopeful and helpless in one breath, ARE YOU HAPPY NOW is about how you keep living when the world is on fire. Perfect for fans of Emily John St. Mandel's Station Eleven, Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, Patricia Lockwood's Nobody is Talking About This, and Naomi Alderman's The Power. ----- Praise for Hanna Jameson: Such a brilliant concept, perfectly executed Araminta Hall, Hidden Depths Furious and tender. . . . cuts to the core of modern life Jessica Moor, Keeper A compelling meditation on fear, hope, grief, and the difficulty of imagining a future in a world in crisis The Bookseller Yun, Emory, Andrew & Fin buried themselves into my heart Nikki Smith, The Beach Party Extraordinary Emily St John Mandel, Station Eleven One of those books you can't stop reading, but don't want to end TM Logan, The Holiday Dark, compelling, original CJ Tudor, The Burning Girls Compulsively readable Daily Telegraph

Weight: 472g
Dimension: 222 x 144 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241515075