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Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson
4.0
I received a free copy from the Goodreads Giveaway. It made me so happy.
Here's what it's like to read one of Jenny Lawson's books:
- Sometimes you have to cover the titles of the chapters, especially when you're sitting next to a stranger or, say, your ten year old son.
- If you read it in the company of anyone who you can't curse/be explicit/drool from laughter in front of, you probably should save it for another time. As the tears stream down your face from laughing so hard, they'll ask what's so funny, and you won't be able to tell them.
- At the very next moment, you'll be crying from the truth and honesty and the difficulty and the recognition of self-loathing, and again, you won't be able to explain it.
This book is all of the above. It made me laugh hard enough to pee my pants and then had me floored by the courage Lawson holds to be able to put her difficulties and vulnerabilities on the page. I am lucky enough not to have struggled with mental illness to the degree she has, yet I could easily identify with so much of her struggles and inner workings.
Jenny Lawson is a gift.
Here's what it's like to read one of Jenny Lawson's books:
- Sometimes you have to cover the titles of the chapters, especially when you're sitting next to a stranger or, say, your ten year old son.
- If you read it in the company of anyone who you can't curse/be explicit/drool from laughter in front of, you probably should save it for another time. As the tears stream down your face from laughing so hard, they'll ask what's so funny, and you won't be able to tell them.
- At the very next moment, you'll be crying from the truth and honesty and the difficulty and the recognition of self-loathing, and again, you won't be able to explain it.
This book is all of the above. It made me laugh hard enough to pee my pants and then had me floored by the courage Lawson holds to be able to put her difficulties and vulnerabilities on the page. I am lucky enough not to have struggled with mental illness to the degree she has, yet I could easily identify with so much of her struggles and inner workings.
Jenny Lawson is a gift.