And 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 when we all need it most.

From the business ideas that she wants to pitch to Shark Tank to the reason why Jenny can never go back to the post office, Broken leaves nothing to the imagination in the most satisfying way. With people experiencing anxiety and depression now more than ever, Jenny humanizes what we all face in an all-too-real way, reassuring us that we’re not alone and making us laugh while doing it. In Broken, Jenny brings readers along on her mental and physical health journey, offering heartbreaking and hilarious anecdotes along the way. She’s real and she’ll definitely make you feel accepted and normal. The Book From the 1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let’s Pretend This Never Happened comes a deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety. I find the way she describes things to be a very raw, honest, unique look at how someone deals with their pain. And, I still appreciated Lawson’s candor and openness with her struggles with mental and chronic illness.

She’ll say what many individuals are thinking but they’re too afraid to say it out loud. It served no purpose other than to make me laugh. Jenny Lawsons fourth book is a loop-de-loop of an emotional roller coaster that swoops from poetic to profane, madcap to moving and back again. BROKEN didn’t have as profound of an effect on me as FURIOUSLY HAPPY did. Jenny was sincere and truthful with her readers. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let’s Pretend This Never Happened comes a deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety.Īs Jenny Lawson’s hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. I liked that Jenny was not afraid to be open. Jenny Lawson has a unique way of sharing her lowest of lows in a way that is so unique.

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