Broken (in The Best Possible Way)

By (author) Lawson Jenny
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Hilarious, heart-warming and honest, Broken is about living, surviving and thriving with anxiety. A must-have for fans of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and David Sedaris.
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The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of Furiously Happy and Let’s Pretend This Never Happened. Now with a new bonus chapter.

‘Broken is the party of the year . . . I loved it’ - Sarah Knight, bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k

As her fans already know, Jenny Lawson suffers from depression. In Broken, Jenny humanizes what we all face in an all-too-real way, reassuring us that we’re not alone and making us laugh while doing it. Of course, Jenny’s long-suffering husband Victor, the Ricky to Jenny’s Lucille Ball, is along for the ride.

Hilarious, heart-warming and honest, Broken is about living, surviving, and thriving. A beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter when we all need it most.

A New York Times, Washington Post and LA Times bestseller.

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Jenny Lawson is extremely funny because she is extremely honest. Lawson''s relentless pursuit of authenticity is the source of the darkly hilarious prose found within this memoir of depression; a memoir that is unexpectedly inspiring and comforting but not unexpectedly endearing. Because to read Jenny Lawson is to love Jenny Lawson
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A new book from Jenny Lawson is always cause for celebration, and Broken is the party of the year. Even better: it’s a party that socially-anxious introverts can enjoy from the solitary comfort of their own couches, beds, cars, or closet floors buried under a pile of blankets and/or cats. I loved it. And if you like laughing and weirdness and honesty and—most of all—feeling seen, you will love it too
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I consider Jenny Lawson to be a therapist colleague—not because she’s a fellow clinician, but because in courageously sharing the truth of her story, she makes us feel instantly seen and fully understood in all of our alternately painful and hilarious humanity
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Her delivery is zany, clever, and raunchy. Her conversations with party guests, her long-suffering husband, her sister, and even herself are flat-out hilarious. And the situations she finds herself in are comic gold. Beneath the banter, however, is a heartbreaking chronicle of what goes on in the mind of a person dealing with anxiety and depression
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Jenny Lawson’s Broken is an adventure in courage. The vulnerability, the heart, and the candor is a gift to anyone who has ever felt too different. Life is sometimes not kind to us and Jenny uses such fierce humor
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Jenny Lawson’s laugh-out-loud book of essays is all about “true stories of fucking up in incredibly human ways," with a few serious and insightful sections on mental health thrown in for balance. Oh, and there''s a chapter specifically dedicated to dog penises. So. There''s that
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Jenny Lawson returns with a wry and entertaining take on her battle with depression . . . As always, the author is unrivaled in her ability to use piercing humor and insight to take on heavy subjects . . . Lawson’s fans are in for a treat
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Thank you, Jenny, for showing readers that our brokenness and our monsters are worth embracing, that they’re worth fighting for. And thank you for showing us that we’re worth fighting for, too
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Swoops from poetic to profane, madcap to moving and back again. She’s in fine form in this collection of essays, which offers support, humor a