Because to read Jenny Lawson is to love Jenny Lawson." - Augusten Burroughs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running with Scissors 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. "Jenny Lawson is extremely funny because she is extremely honest. And of course, Jenny's long-suffering husband Victor-the Ricky to Jenny's Lucille Ball-is present throughout.Ī treat for Jenny Lawson's already existing fans, and destined to convert new ones, Broken is a beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter when we all need it most. From the business ideas that she wants to pitch to Shark Tank to the reason why Jenny can never go back to the post office, Broken leaves nothing to the imagination in the most satisfying way. With people experiencing anxiety and depression now more than ever, 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.
In Broken, Jenny brings readers along on her mental and physical health journey, offering heartbreaking and hilarious anecdotes along the way. Although Jenny is known for her written humor, most people agree that Victor is the funny one IRL, which is very confusing to everyone involved.įrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let ' s Pretend This Never Happened comes a deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety.Īs Jenny Lawson's hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. Some would call that "keeping the mystery in a relationship." He agrees but would still like to know a few things, including why he just opened a box of eyeballs.
Victor Lawson is a successful business man who has been married to Jenny for 25 years and still hasn't figured her out. And yes, she realizes that this whole paragraph is precisely the reason she shouldn’t be allowed to write her own bio. She would like to be your friend unless you’re a real asshole. She also wrote You Are Here, which inexplicably made it onto the New York Times bestseller list in spite of the fact that it was basically a very fun coloring book. She has previously written Let’s Pretend This Never Happened and Furiously Happy, both of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers.
She lives in Texas with her husband and daughter and was constantly “buying too many books” (“Not a real thing,” she insists), so she decided to skip the middleman and just started her own bookshop, which also serves booze because books and booze are what magic is made of. Jenny Lawson is an award-winning humorist known for her great candor in sharing her struggle with mental illness.
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