Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Furiously Happy - Jenny Lawson

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things - Jenny Lawson - 352 pages

Few authors could so artfully jam taxidermied raccoon rodeos and radically depressing depression together in one book, but this gal totally did it.  I laughed, I cried, I did both at the same time.

Part memoir, part logbook of arguments with her husband and with herself, the main theme here is that there's an upside to mental illness.  She's living it up, furiously happy and determined not just to survive the ups and downs of anxiety and depression, but to reap all the polarized rewards of each to the best of her ability.  Whether you have a mental illness or know someone who does, this book is just flat out hilarious and thought-provoking for all the right reasons.

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