{"product_id":"2940169441475","title":"Tell the Machine Goodnight: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSmart and inventive, an emotional pause-resister that considers the elusive definition of happiness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePearl's job is to make people happy. Every day, she provides customers with personalized recommendations for greater contentment. She's good at her job, her office manager tells her, successful. But how does one measure an emotion?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, there's Pearl's teenage son, Rhett. A sensitive kid who has forged an unconventional path through adolescence, Rhett seems to find greater satisfaction in being \u003ci\u003eunhappy\u003c\/i\u003e. The very rejection of joy is his own kind of \"pursuit of happiness.\" As his mother, Pearl wants nothing more than to help Rhettamp;mdash;but is it for his sake or for hers? Certainly it would make Pearl happier. Regardless, her son is one person whose emotional life does not fall under the parameters of her jobamp;mdash;not as happiness technician, and not as mother, either.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold from an alternating cast of endearing characters from within Pearl and Rhett's world, \u003ci\u003eTell the Machine Goodnight\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a smartly moving and entertaining story about relationships and the ways that they can most surprise and define us. Along the way, Katie Williams playfully illuminates our national obsession with positive psychology, our reliance on quick fixes and technology. What happens when these obsessions begin to overlap? With warmth, humor, and a clever touch, Williams taps into our collective unease about the modern world and allows us see it a little more clearly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead by Rebecca Lowman, Kirby Heyborne, and Alex McKenna, with Jorjeana Marie, Arthur Morey, and Cassandra Morris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101921394928,"sku":"2940169441475","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169441475_p0.jpg?v=1763682775","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169441475","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}