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Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

by Jenny Lawson
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

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ISBN10: 1250077001
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Jenny Lawson writes mainly about therapy, mental illness, and taxidermy, and I was laughing about every two sentences. About every six sentences, I had to put the book down and regain composure. In fact, reading this book made me annoying to be around, as though I were involved in a 273-page inside joke. Recommended By Britt A., Powells.com

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In Furiously Happy, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea.

But terrible ideas are what Jenny does best.

As Jenny says:

"Some people might think that being 'furiously happy' is just an excuse to be stupid and irresponsible and invite a herd of kangaroos over to your house without telling your husband first because you suspect he would say no since he's never particularly liked kangaroos. And that would be ridiculous because no one would invite a herd of kangaroos into their house. Two is the limit. I speak from personal experience. My husband says that none is the new limit. I say he should have been clearer about that before I rented all those kangaroos.

"Most of my favorite people are dangerously fucked-up but you'd never guess because we've learned to bare it so honestly that it becomes the new normal. Like John Hughes wrote in The Breakfast Club, 'We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it.' Except go back and cross out the word 'hiding.'"

Furiously Happy is about "taking those moments when things are fine and making them amazing, because those moments are what make us who we are, and they're the same moments we take into battle with us when our brains declare war on our very existence. It's the difference between "surviving life" and "living life". It's the difference between "taking a shower" and "teaching your monkey butler how to shampoo your hair." It's the difference between being "sane" and being "furiously happy."

Lawson is beloved around the world for her inimitable humor and honesty, and in Furiously Happy, she is at her snort-inducing funniest. This is a book about embracing everything that makes us who we are — the beautiful and the flawed — and then using it to find joy in fantastic and outrageous ways. Because as Jenny's mom says, "Maybe 'crazy' isn't so bad after all." Sometimes crazy is just right.

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“[Lawson] writes with a rambling irreverence that makes you wish she were your best friend.” Entertainment Weekly

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“Lawson's self-deprecating humor is not only gaspingly funny and wonderfully inappropriate; it allows her to speak... in a real and raw way.”  O, The Oprah Magazine

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“Even when I was funny, I wasn't this funny.” Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors and This Is How

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“Jenny made me laugh so hard I feared for my safety! I think that's how she was able to get past my defenses and make me feel more okay about myself.” Allie Brosh, author of Hyperbole and a Half

About the Author

JENNY LAWSON, The Bloggess, is an award-winning humor writer known for her great candor in sharing her struggle with depression and mental illness. Her first book, Let's Pretend This Never Happened, was a #1 New York Times bestseller.

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Toast , November 13, 2015
Jenny Lawson is my hero. This book is a hilarious and heartfelt look at mental illness, how it has affected her life and how she just generally deals with the world. It's amazing. I started this book in a bar and I was getting all misty-eyed at the poignant parts and laughing hysterically at everything else. Needless to say I received some concerned looks... so be prepared - if you read this in public you'll be that crazy person having mood swings in the corner. But it's so very much worth it.

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Was trying to give it a 5, not a 1!!

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Mome (mom-ee) , November 10, 2015 (view all comments by Mome (mom-ee))
Laughing so hard I am wheezing! I may not have all the issues Jenny Lawson is afflicted with, but I have enough of them to feel like she really "gets me". The best way to deal with our lunacy is with humor and she has tapped into it in abundance. Looking for a picture of a newborn llama covered in glitter right after this... LOVE IT!!

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Product Details

ISBN:
9781250077004
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication date:
09/22/2015
Publisher:
Flatiron Books
Pages:
329
Height:
9.50
Width:
6.25
Thickness:
1.00
Author:
Jenny Lawson
Author:
Jenny Lawson
Media Run Time:
B
Subject:
Biography - General

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