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Broken (in the best possible way) / Jenny Lawson.

Summary:

"Jenny Lawson has always been quite candid about her mental health. In Broken (in the best possible way), she explores how after years of suffering from depression she finally tried the experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation. Lawson details her treatment with brutal honesty--and with her trademark brutal humor. Lawson discusses the frustration of dealing with her insurance company in "An Open Letter to My Insurance Company," which should be an anthem for anyone who has ever had to call their insurance company to try and get a claim covered. She tackles such timelessly debated questions as "How do dogs know they have penises?" We hear how her vacuum cleaner almost set her house on fire, how she was attacked by three bears, business ideas she wants to pitch to Shark Tank, and why she can never go back to the post office. Of course, Jenny's long-suffering husband Victor--the Ricky to Jenny's Lucille Ball--is present throughout." --Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250077035
  • ISBN: 1250077036
  • Physical Description: xiii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Jenny Lawson, full-grown mammal: an introduction -- I already forgot I wrote this -- Six times I've lost my shoes while wearing them: a list that shouldn't exist -- And then I bought condoms for my dog -- Rainbow fire -- All of the reasons why I'm not coming to your party -- Samuel L. Jackson is trying to kill me -- How do dogs know they have penises? -- These truisms leave out a lot of the truth -- An open letter to my health insurance company -- I'm not going outside anymore -- The things we do to quiet the monsters -- The golden (shower) years -- Awkwarding brings us together -- That time I got haunted by lizards with bike horns -- We are who we are until we aren't anymore -- Introverts unite! (But sweet baby Jesus, not in real life) -- My dentist hates me -- Am I even still alive? -- The secret to a long marriage -- So I'm paying to beat the shit out of myself? -- Anxiety is a lost watch I never saw -- The eight billionth argument I had with Victor this week -- Sometimes there is beauty in breaking -- No one wants your handwritten "Good for one free massage" coupons, Darryl -- I feel it in my bones -- Editing is hell, mostly for editors -- The first satanic ritual I ever saw -- Damaged good(s) -- My house is a garbage fire because I clean it -- And that's why I can never go back to the post office again -- I am a magpie -- Up divorce creek without a paddle (because the guide didn't trust me not to push Victor overboard with it) -- Eclipse (not the Twilight book, the other kind) -- Business ideas to pitch on Shark Tank -- Strange new weather patterns -- Souls.
Subject: Lawson, Jenny, 1973-
Lawson, Jenny, 1973- > Mental health.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
Humorists, American > 21st century > Biography.
Mental illness > Humor.
Genre: Biographies.
Humor.

Available copies

  • 9 of 9 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Cascade Locks Library 921 LAWSON 2021 (Text) 33892100730077 Adult Non-Fiction Available -


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