In the work-obsessed American society, mental illness is more synonymous with laziness and malingering than actual disease. Those who have it don’t always want to talk about it, because those who don’t shame them, blame them, or otherwise refuse to offer empathy when a cold shoulder will do. This is a book about living with mental illness, yes, but it would be just as accurate to say that this is a book about living in general.īecause the truth that we are only now starting to acknowledge is that mental illness is more common than we want to think. She talks about her experience as a parent. She talks about her trip to Australia, where she stood next to a koala while dressed as a koala. However, there are also more meandering stories. It features both direct and indirect confrontations with this demon-there are many stories about Lawson’s visits to therapists, arguments with her long-suffering husband Victor, and the difficulties that her depression, anxiety, etc., create in her daily life. Whereas her first book is mostly a collection of blog posts and assorted musings, with particular focus, as a memoir might, on Lawson’s childhood and upbrining, Furiously Happy focuses more on living with mental illness.
I actually ordered two, knowing I’d give the second copy to a friend. Ordering Furiously Happy the moment I learned Lawson had another book on the way was a no-brainer. And because that metal chicken will cut you. It’s one of those books I just keep giving (to different people, not the same person, because that would be weird) because I know a lot of people who would appreciate the Bloggess’ humour, even if they don’t realize it themselves. I have bought it several times over-but as a gift.
Turns out I don’t actually own a copy of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened. The copy of her first book was not on my bookshelf under “L.” I briefly pondered if I had lent it to someone, as I am wont to do with books I love (I keep meaning to start some kind of spreadsheet, but laziness, am I right?).
I wanted to tweet a photo of the two books together-Jenny Lawson now has a running theme of taxidermied animals on her book covers I think she should stick with it. After my pre-ordered copy of Furiously Happy arrived in the mail last week, I went looking for my copy of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened.
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