Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things [Paperback]

#1New York TimesBestseller

InFuriously 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 they might be able to experience extreme joy in a way that normal people' also might never understand. And that's whatFuriously Happyis all about.

Jennys readings are standing room only, with fans lining up to have Jenny sign their bottles of Xanax or Prozac as often as they are to have her sign their books.Furiously Happyappeals to Jenny's core fan base but also transcends it. There areso manypeople out there struggling with depression and mental illness, either themselves or someone in their familyand inFuriously Happythey will find a member of their tribe offering up an uplifting message (via a taxidermied roadkill raccoon).Let's Pretend This Never Happenedostensibly was about embracing your own weirdness, but deep down it was about family.Furiously Happyis about depression and mental illness, but deep down it's about joyand who doesn't want a bit more of that?

Praise for Jenny Lawson:

Were living in an era of bestselling books by female comedians& But Lawsons book needs no lovable, familiar face on the front cover&Shes unapologetic, candid, outrageous, and the book reaches new levels of hilarity because of it. Entertainment Weekly(A)

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. Allie Brosh

You'll laugh, wince, writhe in discomfort, cry, then laugh again&But the two things you'll never do is doubt Jenny's brilliance or her fearlesl£$