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Are you happy? : stories and a novella / Lori Ostlund.
"In Lori Ostlund's exquisite collection, Are You Happy?, she examines the lives of people who have left their place and culture of origin behind. Set in Minnesota, New Mexico, and California, we watch Ostlund's characters as they try-and often fail-to make peace with their pasts while navigating their present relationships and responsibilities. In deceptively straightforward prose Ostlund delves deep into the interpersonal and grapples with the compulsion to make others happy-and the elusiveness of being happy oneself. As a woman mourns the premature loss of her best friend's youth, two parents the life of their son, a queer couple their feeling of safety, and a daughter her family's political integrity, Ostlund paints a distinctly American portrait of violence manifest at its most intimate scale"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781662603020
- ISBN: 1662603029
- Physical Description: 255 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Astra House, [2025]
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | The bus driver -- The gap year -- Are you happy? -- Clear as cake -- The peeping Toms -- The stalker -- Aaron Englund and the great great -- A little customer service -- Just another family: a novella |
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| Subject: | Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Happiness > Fiction. United States > Social conditions > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Short stories. Novellas. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Valley Public Library | Fiction Ostlund (Text) | 39427103845624 | Fiction Room: Adult Fiction | Checked Out | 06/14/2025 |
