{"product_id":"happy-life-signed-edition","title":"Happy Life (Signed Edition) PRE-ORDER","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the signed hardback edition of \u003cem\u003eHappy Life\u003c\/em\u003e by Oisín McKenna. \u003cstrong\u003eThe book will be published 6 May 2027.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e‘This makes no sense, he thought. Look at your wonderful life...'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eHackney, August 2023. Tommy skives off work early. He’s hungry for a little more pleasure before\u003cbr\u003esummer is over. It’s a beautiful day, he’s surrounded by friends, and adored by his boyfriend, but as\u003cbr\u003ethe day hurries on, his life’s happiness becomes harder to grasp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThirty years earlier, Tommy lived as a child on these same streets with his father, Maxy, and his\u003cbr\u003emother, Gráinne, a nurse from County Roscommon who lost her own father at seven in\u003cbr\u003ecircumstances no one wants to talk about. Gráinne is funny, and kind, but her feelings are big and\u003cbr\u003eunwieldy. She loves her little family, so why does she want to run away from it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eWhen the community gather for one final night at a beloved local bar closing its doors for good, the\u003cbr\u003eloves of Tommy’s life wait for his arrival. But as the party escalates, Tommy still hasn’t arrived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA story which sprawls across three generations, moving from the East End of London to the West of\u003cbr\u003eIreland, from queer bars and saunas, to bomb shelters during the Blitz, Happy Life is a profound and\u003cbr\u003emoving portrait of people who love being alive, and can’t go on living.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePlease note that if you purchase other items at the same time as a pre-order, the items will all be sent together when the pre-ordered item is dispatched.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oisín McKenna","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54644028539164,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/6182\/5052\/files\/TMBSummer2026Graphics_45_-16_561e83d2-fda5-4ae2-bf3a-5981706a9554.png?v=1791032814","url":"https:\/\/www.themysteriousbookcase.com\/products\/happy-life-signed-edition","provider":"The Mysterious Bookcase","version":"1.0","type":"link"}