{"product_id":"9781617750564","title":"You Must Be This Happy to Enter: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Crane seems to be carving out a younger, brassier, less dystopic territory to complement the fiction of George Saunders and David Foster Wallace.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Quarterly Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In her third short story collection, following \u003ci\u003eWhen the Messenger is Hot\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAll This Heavenly Glory\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth Crane presents a quirky cast of characters all searching for, showing off, or seriously questioning what makes them happy. There’s a woman who speaks in all exclamation points, one enamored by her boyfriend’s closet, a zombie reality TV star, a mother whose baby turns into Ethan Hawke, and a woman whose moods are printed on her forehead.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Whether breathlessly enthusiastic, serenely calm, or really concentrating right now on their issues, Elizabeth Crane’s characters shine a spotlight on our spirituality-starved, self-improvement-seeking, celebrity-obsessed culture.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “In her third collection of inventive short stories, Crane continues to ingeniously satirize our muddled quest for meaning in all the wrong places.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A well-crafted collection of short stories, one whose clarity of tone and theme unites each and every piece into a cohesive whole. At a time when it seems almost antediluvian to be optimistic, Crane’s sincerity stands as a bewitching reminder that there is more to literature than tragedy.” —\u003ci\u003eBookslut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Zombies, time travelers, reality TV contestants and even a few normalish folks populate the pages of Elizabeth Crane’s quirky, charming new collection.” —PopMatters","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165004873968,"sku":"9781617750564","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617750564_p0.jpg?v=1763851859","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617750564","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}