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Chuck and Joey meet in a bar. He's in his mid-thirties; she's twelve years younger. He's long-abandoned his ambition of being a novelist, and works as a copywriter at a big ad agency. 'Lead copywriter,' he corrects himself. Joey's living paycheck to paycheck on her barista wages, and privately dreams of making it as a poet. They go back to Chuck's luxury flat-a world away from Joey's cramped house-share, the crumbs in her bed. Soon, Joey's imagining a future between them and Chuck's moving on from a mistake in his recent past. Amazing, how meeting a new person can make you feel so new.
Funny, excruciating, and true, I Want You to Be Happy is a sharp-eyed tale of two people searching for meaning and connection in modern times, missing the mark maybe, but still trying.
