| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
"In Furiously Happy ... Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Furiously happy, dangerously sad -- I've found a kindred soul and he has a very healthy coat -- My phone is more fun to hang out with than me -- I have a sleep disorder and it's probably going to kill me or someone else -- How many carbs are in a foot? -- Pretend you're good at it -- George Washington's dildo -- I'm not psychotic. I just need to get in front of you in line. -- Why would I want to do more when I'm already doing so well at nothing? -- What I say to my shrink vs. what I mean -- LOOK AT THIS GIRAFFE -- The fear -- Skinterventions and Bangtox -- It's like your pants are bragging at me -- Nice bass -- It's hard to tell which of us is mentally ill -- I left my heart in San Francisco. (But replace "San Francisco" with "near the lemur house" and replace "heart" with a sad question mark.) -- Stock up on snow globes. The zombie apocalypse is coming. -- Appendix: an interview with the author -- I'm turning into a zombie one organ at a time -- Cats are selfish yawners and they're totally getting away with it -- Koalas are full of chlamydia -- Voodoo vagina -- The world needs to go on a diet. Literally. -- Crazy like a reverse fox -- An essay on parsley, wasabi, cream cheese, and soup -- And then I got three dead cats in the mail -- Things I may have accidentally said during uncomfortable silences -- My skeleton is potaterrific -- It's called "catouflage" -- We're better than Galileo, because he's dead. -- Things my father taught me -- I'm going to die. Eventually. -- And this is why I prefer to cut my own hair -- It's all in how you look at it (the book of Nelda) -- Well at least your nipples are covered -- Death by swans is not a glamorous as you'd expect -- The big quiz -- Cat lamination -- That baby was delicious -- These cookies know nothing of my work -- It might be easier. But it wouldn't be better. -- Epilogue: Deep in the trenches. |
| Subject |
Lawson, Jenny, 1973-
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Humorists, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
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Mental illness -- Humor.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
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HUMOR -- General.
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Lawson, Jenny, 1979- (OCoLC)fst01914832
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Humorists, American. (OCoLC)fst00963739
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Journalists. (OCoLC)fst00984188
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Mental illness. (OCoLC)fst01016547
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
2000 - 2099
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Humor. (OCoLC)fst01423696
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Humor.
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9781250077004 (hardcover) |
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1250077001 (hardcover) |
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9781250077011 (e-book) |
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