{"product_id":"now-we-will-be-happy-paperback-softback-9780803255395","title":"Now We Will Be Happy (Paperback \/ softback) 9780803255395","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNow We Will Be Happy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAmina Gautier (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780803255395, University of Nebraska Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e140 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.218 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"The 11 linked stories in Gautier's debut collection . . . vividly evoke Puerto Rico's intoxicating, comforting atmosphere-that unbreakable tether binding struggling people in crowded Northeastern U.S. cities to their tropical homeland. . . . Gautier captures the unique experience, and predicament, of Puerto Ricans living in the mainland U.S.\"\u003ci\u003e-Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Gautier's linked stories deftly capture her characters' internal struggles for identity and home.\"-Leah Strauss, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"With a style that feels like a mixture of Junot Diaz and Edwidge Danicat, Gautier is a writer more people should be talking about.\"-Coleen Muir, \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Told with respect, grit, and truth, \u003ci\u003eNow We Will Be Happy\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful collection about family, identity, and the sacrifices we make in our pursuits of happiness.\"-Laura Farmer, \u003ci\u003eCedar Rapids Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Timely as well as beautifully rendered, Gautier's collection breathes life into America's racial and immigrant conflicts, going well below the skin-deep surface of her characters or expose the passions and hopes that unite diverse people.\"-Sian Griffiths, \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Gautier's persistent thematic explorations into the meaning of family and identity make \u003ci\u003eNow We Will Be Happy\u003c\/i\u003e cohere and resonate in ways that you’ll remember long after the final page.\"\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003eLeland Cheuk, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow We Will Be Happy\u003c\/i\u003e is a prize-winning collection of stories about Afro-Puerto Ricans, U.S.-mainland-born Puerto Ricans, and displaced native Puerto Ricans who are living between spaces while attempting to navigate the unique culture that defines their identity. Amina Gautier’s characters deal with the difficulties of bicultural identities in a world that wants them to choose only one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe characters in \u003ci\u003eNow We Will Be Happy\u003c\/i\u003e are as unpredictable as they are human. A teenage boy leaves home in search of the mother he hasn’t seen since childhood; a granddaughter is sent across the ocean to broker peace between her relatives; a widow seeks to die by hurricane; a married woman takes a bathtub voyage with her lover; a proprietress who is the glue that binds her neighborhood cannot hold on to her own son; a displaced wife develops a strange addiction to candles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrossing boundaries of comfort, culture, language, race, and tradition in unexpected ways, these characters struggle valiantly and doggedly to reconcile their fantasies of happiness with the realities of their existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAguanile\u003cbr\u003eNow We Will Be Happy\u003cbr\u003eBodega\u003cbr\u003eMuÑeca\u003cbr\u003eHow to Make Flan\u003cbr\u003eOnly Son\u003cbr\u003eA Wish, Like a Candle, Burns\u003cbr\u003eThe Luckiest Man in the World\u003cbr\u003eRemembering\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Hurricane\u003cbr\u003ePalabras\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607699386648,"sku":"9780803255395","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/now-we-will-be-happy-paperback-softback-9780803255395","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}