Jenny Lawson
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January 2012
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Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
34 editions
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2012
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Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
60 editions
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2015
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Broken
20 editions
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2021
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I Choose Darkness
2 editions
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2022
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You Are Here: An Owner's Manual for Dangerous Minds
5 editions
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2017
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Broken: Chapter Sampler
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If you like weird fantasy comics from the 50s (and I do) you'll like this. ...more | |
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Couldn't put it down. I loved it so much I picked it for my horror bookclub. Poignant and riveting. ...more | |
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Weird, mystical and uplifting. I didn't understand all the astrology stuff but the rest was exactly the thing I needed to read. ...more | |
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Folk-horror feminist weirdness that totally sucked me in. Also, taught me how fucked-up horses hooves looked like when they're born and now I can never unsee it. DON'T GOOGLE IT. ...more | |
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I'm not sure I'm the right person for this book because I don't really know Frank Zappa but I really enjoyed it. Heartbreaking, funny, full of 80s nostalgia and fascinating stories. ...more | |
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Look, it's going to look like I just a dozen books today but actually I was just too tired to update my goodreads until now because all of my blood is gone. THANKS, ANEMIA. Anyway, I loved this book. Kind of a dark narnia vibe? I liked it so much I p ...more |
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“When you come out of the grips of a depression there is an incredible relief, but not one you feel allowed to celebrate. Instead, the feeling of victory is replaced with anxiety that it will happen again, and with shame and vulnerability when you see how your illness affected your family, your work, everything left untouched while you struggled to survive. We come back to life thinner, paler, weaker … but as survivors. Survivors who don’t get pats on the back from coworkers who congratulate them on making it. Survivors who wake to more work than before because their friends and family are exhausted from helping them fight a battle they may not even understand. I hope to one day see a sea of people all wearing silver ribbons as a sign that they understand the secret battle, and as a celebration of the victories made each day as we individually pull ourselves up out of our foxholes to see our scars heal, and to remember what the sun looks like.”
― Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
― Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
“Like my grandmother always said, “Your opinions are valid and important. Unless it’s some stupid bullshit you’re being shitty about, in which case you can just go fuck yourself.”
― Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
― Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
“Because you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them. And because there is joy in embracing - rather than running from - the utter absurdity of life.”
― Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
― Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
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A (probably temporary) book club created to discuss "Let's Pretend This Never Happened" while home, in our pajamas and (optional) drunk. It will be aw ...more
Not only did I pre-order Furiously Happy (like, as soon as you made the announcement of when it was coming out) but I pre-ordered it from my local bookstore. Just thought you'd enjoy that fact.
Met you in Boston on your last book tour - my brother and I came down from Maine and brought you a whoopie pie. We were thrilled to meet you and I'm counting the days until F.H. is in my hands. Already know I'll love it.