{"product_id":"like-happiness-paperback","title":"Like Happiness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUrsula Villarreal-Moura\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of 2024: NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, ELLE, and Them \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Indie Next Pick \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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUrsula Villarreal-Moura\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMath for the Self-Crippling\u003c\/i\u003e, a flash fiction collection. \u003ci\u003eLike Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263777751289,"sku":"9781250882851","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/anj_hRcsD39781250882851.webp?v=1768822501","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/like-happiness-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}