Furiously happy a funny book about horrible things
"In Furiously Happy, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. But terrible ideas are what Jenny does best. . . . Lawson is beloved a...
| Main Author: | Lawson, Jenny, 1973- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Flatiron Books,
2015.
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| Edition: | First Edition. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
Table of Contents:
- Furiously happy, dangerously sad
- I've found a kindred soul and he has a very healthy coat
- My phone is more fun to hang out with than me
- I have a sleep disorder and it's probably going to kill me or someone else
- How many carbs are in a foot?
- Pretend you're good at it
- George Washington's dildo
- I'm not psychotic. I just need to get in front of you in line.
- Why would I want to do more when I'm already doing so well at nothing?
- What I say to my shrink vs. what I mean
- LOOK AT THIS GIRAFFE
- The fear
- Skinterventions and Bangtox
- It's like your pants are bragging at me
- Nice bass
- It's hard to tell which of us is mentally ill
- I left my heart in San Francisco. (But replace "San Francisco" with "near the lemur house" and replace "heart" with a sad question mark.)
- Stock up on snow globes. The zombie apocalypse is coming.
- Appendix: an interview with the author
- I'm turning into a zombie one organ at a time
- Cats are selfish yawners and they're totally getting away with it
- Koalas are full of chlamydia
- Voodoo vagina
- The world needs to go on a diet. Literally.
- Crazy like a reverse fox
- An essay on parsley, wasabi, cream cheese, and soup
- And then I got three dead cats in the mail
- Things I may have accidentally said during uncomfortable silences
- My skeleton is potaterrific
- It's called "catouflage"
- We're better than Galileo, because he's dead.
- Things my father taught me
- I'm going to die. Eventually.
- And this is why I prefer to cut my own hair
- It's all in how you look at it (the book of Nelda)
- Well at least your nipples are covered
- Death by swans is not a glamorous as you'd expect
- The big quiz
- Cat lamination
- That baby was delicious
- These cookies know nothing of my work
- It might be easier. But it wouldn't be better.
- Epilogue: Deep in the trenches.