Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
#1 New York Times Bestseller
In Furiously Happy, a humor memoir tinged with just enough tragedy and pathos to make it worthwhile, Jenny Lawson examines her own experience with severe depression and a host of other conditions, and explains how it has led her to live life to the fullest: "I've often thought that people with severe depression have developed such a well for experiencing extreme emotion that they might be able to experience extreme joy in a way that 'normal people' also might never understand. And that's what Furiously Happy is all about." Jenny's readings are standing room only, with fans lining up to have Jenny sign their bottles of Xanax or Prozac as often as they are to have her sign their books. Furiously Happy appeals to Jenny's core fan base but also transcends it. There are so many people out there struggling with depression and mental illness, either themselves or someone in their family--and in Furiously Happy they will find a member of their tribe offering up an uplifting message (via a taxidermied roadkill raccoon). Let's Pretend This Never Happened ostensibly was about embracing your own weirdness, but deep down it was about family. Furiously Happy is about depression and mental illness, but deep down it's about joy--and who doesn't want a bit more of that?Show more
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I haven't given a book 5 stars for a long time, but this book absolutely deserved it. It was funny, witty, silly, serious, intense, light-hearted, and more all at the same time. I really liked the author's humor while dealing with issues around her own physical and mental health, and she did a great job at mixing more light-hearted and fun chapters with serious ones. She writes so well about a variety of topics from depression and anxiety to taxi...read more
At first I wasn't sure what I thought, but the more I read the more I laughed. Sometimes waking up my family with my belly laughs.
AKA A Funny Book About Horrible Things
Jenny Lawson is also known as The Bloggess. If you didn't find her with her blog or her first book (Let's Pretend This Never Happened) you need to find her with this book. You don't technically need a mental illness to appreciate this book, you could love someone with a mental illness or you could just be curious what all this depression this and anxiety that means. Jenny is here to help.
Suffering from depres...read more
Jenny Lawson is also known as The Bloggess. If you didn't find her with her blog or her first book (Let's Pretend This Never Happened) you need to find her with this book. You don't technically need a mental illness to appreciate this book, you could love someone with a mental illness or you could just be curious what all this depression this and anxiety that means. Jenny is here to help.
Suffering from depres...read more
I found this book fun at first but it's really dragged out. After a while, the stories all run together and it was hard to pay attention.
If you know someone who has a mental illness (particularly anxiety & depression) OR if YOU, yourself, have a mental illness (particularly anxiety & depression), read this book.
RIGHT. NOW.
Sooo basically... Everyone Read This Book. Immediately.
Jenny Lawson - You Are My People.
#laughingcrying #cryinglaughing
RIGHT. NOW.
Sooo basically... Everyone Read This Book. Immediately.
Jenny Lawson - You Are My People.
#laughingcrying #cryinglaughing
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