And I remind myself that I’m lucky to be able to feel such great sorrow, and also such great happiness. I’ve been meaning to pick it up for years, and finally did after making a deal with my mother (she would read Finlay Donovan Is Killing It if I would read this - we’ve both been very happy with this deal’s outcomes), and honestly, Mom, thank you for harassing me endlessly to read this. I genuinely don’t have words for how much I adored this book, or how grateful I am to have finally read it. Unless it’s some stupid bullshit you’re being shitty about, in which case you can just go fuck yourself.”
Like my grandmother always said, “Your opinions are valid and important. Furiously Happy is about depression and mental illness, but deep down it’s about joy-and who doesn’t want a bit more of that?
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened ostensibly was about embracing your own weirdness, but deep down it was about family. There are so many people out there struggling with depression and mental illness, either themselves or someone in their family-and in Furiously Happy they will find a member of their tribe offering up an uplifting message (via a taxidermied roadkill raccoon). Furiously Happy appeals to Jenny’s core fan base but also transcends it. Jenny’s readings are standing room only, with fans lining up to have Jenny sign their bottles of Xanax or Prozac as often as they are to have her sign their books. And that’s what Furiously Happy is all about.” “I’ve often thought that people with severe depression have developed such a well for experiencing extreme emotion that they might be able to experience extreme joy in a way that ‘normal people’ also might never understand. In Furiously Happy, a humor memoir tinged with just enough tragedy and pathos to make it worthwhile, Jenny Lawson examines her own experience with severe depression and a host of other conditions, and explains how it has led her to live life to the fullest:
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