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A review by aconitecafe
Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson
5.0
I own Jenny's books but I haven't read them. The anxiety of knowing they were going to be so relatable and emotionally hard for me to make my way through was keeping me from reading them. BUT I knew they were going to be my favorite if I ever got the courage to read them so I kept buying them because support your people, all right?
Somehow I logged into Libby at the exact right time for this book to be available via audiobook on release day and it was fate. So I spend four hours crying but also laughing so hard it looked like I was crying. Because Jenny knows how to tell a story. (If you follow her blog, you already know this.)
The book is structured in a memoir/diary. She spills her guts on everything from day to day happenings to her childhood, and medical complications. For us to wad in and discover that we aren't so alone. Our broken existence is normal to other people too.
I recommend the audiobook times a million because she narrates it *in the best possible way.*
It's hard to put this book into words. If you suffer from depression or anxiety, or any debilitating condition really, I can assure you that there is something in this book for you. Even if it's just to see how someone deals with the cards they were dealt. Heck even if you're one of those people that has literally none of those things going on in your life, you'll probably also laugh at many of the chapters in this one.
Jenny is my people. She understands parts of me that I don't even understand. I would say I could totally see having coffee with her but that would be a lie. Because it would be awkward, as neither of us get coffee with people, or enjoy public, or people. So not literal coffee. I just mean that she is raw, and open about her struggles, and it is refreshing.
Normalizing the conversations around mental health build up those suffering from mental health things.
We all have battles for facing, we can't compare the battle, but we can take note as to how other deal with the fight. Laughter is always a weapon I want to keep in my arsenal. While we only see the curated parts of her life, they are crafted in a way that screams it's okay to be broken.
Note: HP mention.
Somehow I logged into Libby at the exact right time for this book to be available via audiobook on release day and it was fate. So I spend four hours crying but also laughing so hard it looked like I was crying. Because Jenny knows how to tell a story. (If you follow her blog, you already know this.)
The book is structured in a memoir/diary. She spills her guts on everything from day to day happenings to her childhood, and medical complications. For us to wad in and discover that we aren't so alone. Our broken existence is normal to other people too.
I recommend the audiobook times a million because she narrates it *in the best possible way.*
It's hard to put this book into words. If you suffer from depression or anxiety, or any debilitating condition really, I can assure you that there is something in this book for you. Even if it's just to see how someone deals with the cards they were dealt. Heck even if you're one of those people that has literally none of those things going on in your life, you'll probably also laugh at many of the chapters in this one.
Jenny is my people. She understands parts of me that I don't even understand. I would say I could totally see having coffee with her but that would be a lie. Because it would be awkward, as neither of us get coffee with people, or enjoy public, or people. So not literal coffee. I just mean that she is raw, and open about her struggles, and it is refreshing.
Normalizing the conversations around mental health build up those suffering from mental health things.
We all have battles for facing, we can't compare the battle, but we can take note as to how other deal with the fight. Laughter is always a weapon I want to keep in my arsenal. While we only see the curated parts of her life, they are crafted in a way that screams it's okay to be broken.
Note: HP mention.