Are You Happy Now
'One of the best novels of 2023' Sara Collins
Published on 2. February 2023
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-241-51507-5 (ISBN)
Description
'Jameson channels the righteous anger of a generation' Luzia Sauma
'An eerie, fascinating, nihilistic triumph' Heather Darwent
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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 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.
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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
'An eerie, fascinating, nihilistic triumph' Heather Darwent
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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 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.
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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
Reviews / Votes
A dark, addictive novel * Red * Intense, twisty and beautifully written . . . unique * Daily Mail *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 144 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
472 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-51507-5 (9780241515075)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Hanna Jameson wrote her first book at the age of seventeen, which was later nominated for the John Creasey Dagger Award. She's a bestselling author (Something You Are, Girl Seven, Those Crazy Freeways, The Last) and is currently working on screen projects.