The following excerpt is from the end of the book, but I don’t think that sharing it will “ruin” the ending. She also doesn’t hold back when talking about depression, crippling anxiety and suicidal thoughts. My hat is off to you, my friend.īut enough about your braggy, powerful vagina. More power to you if you can keep a roll of nickels up there. I guess it depends on how strong your vaginal muscles are. But I do have a vagina and that’s sort of like a pocket, although not one you should store paper money in. I would have said “pocket” but I don’t have a pocket in this dress. That girl in Amélie is so tiny I could fit her in my vagina. “Apparently the French are really into small food, which sort of makes sense because they’re very thin.
I laughed at the following excerpt so much I almost choked: This is one of the ways in which the author straps us into the emotional rollercoaster of her world. At times we move quickly from a chapter recounting one of Lawson’s bizarre adventures to a poignant chapter detailing the dark depths of depression. It is also a wild and wacky ride through Lawson’s mind, dotted with plenty of hilarious anecdotes. It is an unabashed, brutally honest account of one woman’s struggles with mental health. In an interview with The Washington Post, Lawson said: “This book is about my battle with mental illness, but, more importantly, it’s about celebrating the battles we win against life and b.s.
I heard about Lawson’s Furiously Happy on another blog, though, and was sufficiently intrigued. I don’t tend to read memoirs, nor do I gravitate towards humorous books. Nothing I can say in this review will match that perfect, succinct description. Furiously Happy is a book about mental illness, but under the surface it's about embracing joy in fantastic and outrageous ways.The subtitle of Jenny Lawson’s book Furiously Happy is: A Funny Book About Horrible Things. Jenny's first book, Let's Pretend This Never Happened, was ostensibly about family, but deep down it was about celebrating your own weirdness. And terrible ideas are what Jenny does best.Īs Jenny says: 'You can't experience pain without also experiencing the baffling and ridiculous moments of being fiercely, unapologetically, intensely and (above all) furiously happy.' It's a philosophy that has - quite literally - saved her life. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. In Furiously Happy, she explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. In Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Jenny Lawson regaled listeners with uproarious stories of her bizarre childhood. For fans of David Sedaris, Tina Fey and Caitlin Moran comes Furiously Happy from Jenny Lawson, author of the number-one New York Times best seller Let's Pretend This Never Happened.
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