{"product_id":"like-happiness-9781250882851","title":"Like Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed an Indie Next pick, and a Most Anticipated Book by Today.com, ELLE, Electric Literature, Them, HipLatina, LGBT Reads, Debutiful, LA Daily News, NPR, and more. Listed on NPR Books We Love 2024 list and \u003ci\u003eThem\u003c\/i\u003e's 16 LGBTQ+ Books That Defined 2024. Best Book of 2024 (so far) from Elle, Bookshop, and Libby\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing debut about the complexities of gender, power, and fame, told through the story of a young woman's destructive relationship with a legendary writer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 2015, and Tatum Vega feels that her life is finally falling into place. Living in sunny Chile with her partner, Vera, she spends her days surrounded by art at the museum where she works. More than anything else, she loves this new life for helping her forget the decade she spent in New York City orbiting the brilliant and famous author M. Dom?nguez. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a reporter calls from the US asking for an interview, the careful separation Tatum has constructed between her past and present begins to crumble. Dom?nguez has been accused of assault, and the reporter is looking for corroboration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Tatum is forced to reexamine the all-consuming but undefinable relationship that dominated so much of her early adulthood, long-buried questions surface. What \u003ci\u003edid \u003c\/i\u003ehappen between them? And why is she still struggling with the mark the relationship left on her life? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in a dual narrative alternating between her present day and a letter from Tatum to Dom?nguez, recounting and reclaiming the totality of their relationship, \u003ci\u003eLike Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e explores the nuances of a complicated and imbalanced relationship, catalyzing a reckoning with gender, celebrity, memory, Latinx identity, and power dynamics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Celadon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250882851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304","brand":"Ursula Villarreal-Moura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45058766930101,"sku":"9781250882851","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c6940358-6c6c-4e06-900c-4aaeab942f06.jpg?v=1738078328","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/like-happiness-9781250882851","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}