Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things

by Jenny Lawson

Book Overview

#1 New York Times Bestseller

In Furiously Happy, a humor memoir tinged with just enough tragedy and pathos to make it worthwhile, Jenny Lawson examines her own experience with severe depression and a host of other conditions, and explains how it has led her to live life to the fullest:

"I've often thought that people with severe depression have developed such a well for experiencing extreme emotion that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250077028
• ISBN13: 9781250077028
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Inspirational Dark Humor

I related so closely with so much the author talked about in this book, right down to collecting taxidermy animals. It made me feel like I'm not the only one experiencing life through severe ups and downs and her dark humor is absolutely spot on to my internal dialog. If you're looking for sunshine and rainbows, look elsewhere. If you're looking for manic realism, this is the book for you.

Laugh out loud funny

Very oddly funny at times, and painfully real at times. Anyone that struggles with anxiety or depression will relate.

Love this cover

I bought this book for a reading challenge and because the cover is so funny. Jenny Lawson is amazing! She's so brave to write about herself the way she does and gives those of us that are not as brave a way to commiserate.

I have ordered 3 copies of this book

One for myself. One for my daughter who works as an advocate and counselor for young people in mental health crisis. One for a niece who battles anxiety and depression. I have read this. My husband has read this. It is WONDERFUL. I am so happy this book exists. I have had very dark times in my life. I do not read books that are "inspirational" because they make me irritable, and remind me of my childhood hours in hospital waiting rooms reading dog-eared Readers Digest stories of survivors, saintly people with brain tumors, etc etc. If you run the opposite direction from a Feel Good sad story with a Meaning and sweeping score of violins or slow tinkly piano music -- but you are slogging through some mire - read this.

Furiously Happy is a book I really enjoy lending to friends.

Everybody could use more laughs. If you are a mom, love cats, have anxiety, or just like the reaction you get when carrying a book with a racoon on the cover, then, YOU NEED THIS BOOK!

So good

I'm not a big reader. I read like 2-3 books per year and this one made me laugh out loud. I love Jenny Lawson & the way she talks about mental illnesses. It's comforting.

Hilarious

I laughed out loud reading this book. It reminded me that some people are given tough roads to walk, but with optimism, perseverance, and humor there are still so many wonderful things to enjoy in this world and they are worth fighting for.