Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

by Jenny Lawson

For fans of David Sedaris, Tina Fey and Caitlin Moran comes Furiously Happy from Jenny Lawson, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Let's Pretend This Never Happened.

In Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Jenny Lawson regaled readers with uproarious stories of her bizarre childhood. In Furiously Happy she explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. And terrible ideas are what Jenny does best.

As Jenny says: 'You can't experience pain without also experiencing the baffling and ridiculous moments of being fiercely, unapologetically, intensely and (above all) furiously happy.' It's a philosophy that has – quite literally – saved her life.

Jenny's first book, Let's Pretend This Never Happened, was ostensibly about family, but deep down it was about celebrating your own weirdness. Furiously Happy is a book about mental illness, but under the surface it's about embracing joy in fantastic and outrageous ways. And who doesn't need a bit more of that?

• ISBN10: 1447238346
• ISBN13: 9781447238348
• Publish Date: 16 June 2016 (first published 22 September 2015)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Imprint: Picador
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[layawaydragon]

Sorry, this just isn't for me. I made it about 30% and it got way more depressing than it was ever funny. I laughed maybe twice. It's too random and ridiculous. I don't think continuing would be fun or good for my mental health.

[Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews]

Three things I learned from Furiously Happy

• Judge time based on before and after Kirk Cameron went crazy


• You can never have too much cowbell


• Normal is boring.  Weird is better.  Goats are awesome.


• Choose to live furiously happy

 

No one is prepared for their first time nor do they ever forget it. That is how I felt listening to Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson. I devoured this book in two days and was laughing out loud through most of it. Jenny has a unique, honest sense of humor that I took to immediately. Her frank, from-the-heart words on mental illness she encourages others to you do you and wave your crazy flag. Furiously Happy was enhanced by the author narrating the book, she has a great delivery which was probably in part, why I was laughing out loud. Furiously Happy is hilarious, inappropriate and real. Overall, it is brilliant.

This review was originally posted on First Impressions Reviews

[ellieroth]

Fucking amazing

[lovelybookshelf]

Constant uptalk made me wonder if listening to the audiobook was a mistake, but most of the memoir felt contrived and random. Humor fell completely flat. More of my thoughts on this title can be found on my blog at Lovely Bookshelf.