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 -- Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors
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 -- Sarah Knight, internationally bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck
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 -- Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone
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 * Booklist (Starred Review) *
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 -- Luvvie Ajayi Jones, author of New York Times bestseller I'm Judging You
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 * Mandatory *
The ever-entertaining Lawson is back with a series of unflinching and hilarious essays addressing mental illness, living with chronic health conditions, and the absurdities of life and dealing with health insurance companies * Publishers Weekly, 'The Most Anticipated Books of 2021' *
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 * The Mighty *
