"Even when I was funny, I wasn't this funny." - Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors Luvvie Ajayi Jones, author of New York Times bestseller I'm Judging You and Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual Life is sometimes not kind to us and Jenny uses such fierce humor. The vulnerability, the heart, and the candor is a gift to anyone who has ever felt too different. "Jenny Lawson's Broken is an adventure in courage. "I consider Jenny Lawson to be a therapist colleague-not because she's a fellow clinician, but because in courageously sharing the truth of her story, she makes us feel instantly seen and fully understood in all of our alternately painful and hilarious humanity." - Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Beneath the banter, however, is a heartbreaking chronicle of what goes on in the mind of a person dealing with anxiety and depression." - Booklist (starred review) And the situations she finds herself in are comic gold. Her conversations with party guests, her long-suffering husband, her sister, and even herself are flat-out hilarious. Her delivery is zany, clever, and raunchy. Of course, Jenny's long-suffering husband Victor-the Ricky to Jenny's Lucille Ball-is present throughout.Ī treat for Jenny Lawson's already existing fans, and destined to convert new ones, Broken is a beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter. She tackles such timelessly debated questions as "How do dogs know they have penises?" We see how her vacuum cleaner almost set her house on fire, how she was attacked by three bears, business ideas she wants to pitch to Shark Tank, and why she can never go back to the post office.
Jenny discusses the frustration of dealing with her insurance company in "An Open Letter to My Insurance Company," which should be an anthem for anyone who has ever had to call their insurance company to try and get a claim covered. In Broken, she explores her experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation with brutal honesty. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson comes her most personal book yet.Īs Jenny Lawson's hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression.
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