{"product_id":"9781250077004","title":"Furiously Happy : A Funny Book About Horrible Things","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFuriously Happy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jenny Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFuriously Happy\u003c\/i\u003e, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a \u003ci\u003eterrible\u003c\/i\u003e idea. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut terrible ideas are what Jenny does best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Jenny says\u003ci\u003e: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Some people might think that being 'furiously happy' is just an excuse to be stupid and irresponsible and invite a herd of kangaroos over to your house without telling your husband first because you suspect he would say no since he's never particularly liked kangaroos. And that would be ridiculous because no one would invite a herd of kangaroos into their house. Two is the limit. I speak from personal experience. My husband says that none is the new limit. I say he should have been clearer about that before I rented all those kangaroos.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Most of my favorite people are dangerously fucked-up but you'd never guess because we've learned to bare it so honestly that it becomes the new normal. Like John Hughes wrote in The Breakfast Club, 'We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it.' Except go back and cross out the word 'hiding.'\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuriously Happy\u003c\/i\u003e is about\u003ci\u003e \"taking those moments when things are fine and making them amazing, because those moments are what make us who we are, and they're the same moments we take into battle with us when our brains declare war on our very existence.  It's the difference between \"surviving life\" and \"living life\".  It's the difference between \"taking a shower\" and \"teaching your monkey butler how to shampoo your hair.\"  It's the difference between being \"sane\" and being \"furiously happy.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLawson is beloved around the world for her inimitable humor and honesty, and in \u003ci\u003eFuriously Happy\u003c\/i\u003e, she is at her snort-inducing funniest. This is a book about embracing everything that makes us who we are - the beautiful and the flawed - and then using it to find joy in fantastic and outrageous ways. Because as Jenny's mom says, \"Maybe 'crazy' isn't so bad after all.\" Sometimes crazy is just right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Jenny made me laugh so hard I feared for my safety! I think that's how she was able to get past my defenses and make me feel more okay about myself.” —\u003ci\u003eAllie Brosh, author of Hyperbole and a Half\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You'll laugh, wince, writhe in discomfort, cry, then laugh again. You might even feel the need to buy a raccoon. But the two things you'll never do is doubt Jenny's brilliance or her fearlessness when it comes to having honest discussions about mental illness, shame, and the power of human resilience. She's changing the conversation one rented sloth at a time.” —\u003ci\u003eBrené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW, author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller, Daring Greatly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I freaked strangers out by snort-laughing on the subway and in restaurants.  I can't stop talking about this book to friends. I'll shut up now and let you resume your life but buy this book. It's AMAZING.” —\u003ci\u003ePaul Fischer, author of A Kim Jong-Il Production\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The Bloggess writes stuff that actually is laugh-out-loud, but you know that really you shouldn't be laughing and probably you'll go to hell for laughing, so maybe you shouldn't read it. That would be safer and wiser.” —\u003ci\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Even when I was funny, I wasn't this funny.” —\u003ci\u003eAugusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors and This Is How\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Lawson's self-deprecating humor is not only gaspingly funny and wonderfully inappropriate; it allows her to speak...in a real and raw way.” —\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Lawson] writes with a rambling irreverence that makes you wish she were your best friend.” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Take one part David Sedaris and two parts Chelsea Handler and you'll have some inkling of the cockeyed humor of Jenny Lawson...[She] flaunts the sort of fearless comedic chops that will make you spurt Diet Coke through your nose.” —\u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed Chapters Indigo Best of the Year (2015), Short-listed Audie Award Finalist (2016), Long-listed Amazon.com Best Books of the Year (2015), Long-listed Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year (2015)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250077004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40595698581710,"sku":"9781250077004","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_19b4a5a2-8b80-4efa-a6b0-25911402a2bf.jpg?v=1643281590","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250077004","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}