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Wow. Where do I even start. I guess with the cover. Featuring a taxidermied raccoon who seems to be shouting “TA DAAAAAAAA”, this cover had me at hello. (Does anyone besides me still say that?) I had no idea what the book was about, but with such a great cover I thought I'd probably love it. I did.
Furiously Happy is about mental illness, a very serious subject. It’s a great advocate for the mentally ill in all the best ways AND it literally made me laugh out loud every time I sat down to read. Yes, author Jenny Lawson reveals some of the horror that can be mental illness, but she refuses to focus on it. She’s too busy being furiously happy, her way of living life to the absolute fullest when she manages to beat back the worst of the worst. Lawson is hilariously relatable in her more innocent quirks (like wishing her cats would let her strap a dead raccoon on their backs for a little rodeo action) but is able to stay honestly human and connects while talking about darker moments, too. In a series of humorous anecdotes featuring Lawson’s, um, unique quirks, Furiously Happy is utterly hilarious to the point I was taking pictures of the text to send my best friends and spouse while I read so they could laugh with me. It also feels like an amazing, assuring conversation with a friend who struggles in ways it can be hard to understand but is oh so relatable. So far I’ve gifted it to two friends and there will be many more copies given for Christmas this year. This is a profane book that discusses sensitive matters, but I love and highly recommend it.
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