Broken

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Just what this horrible year needs right now is the return of Jenny Lawson, who is really the ONLY author ever to make me LOL so hard I cry, blow milk out my nose and pee my pants, all at the same time. I've now read all four of her books, and this is something of a return to the full power she exhibited in her first classic ( Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir).

Despite all this heartbreak and suffering, Lawson notes that her mental health struggles have made her appreciate all the little things in life when the darkness lifts. Not only that, Lawson comes to terms with accepting herself as she is, as an imperfect human being. I laughed, I cried as I followed along her story. Ma il secondo è dedicato a Steve McQueen - che mi manca sempre tanto e ogni tanto riguardo un suo film, inutile dire “vecchio” film, sono ormai quarantatre anni che non c’è più, sigh, e su tutti, uno dei miei film preferiti in assoluto, Bullit – e viene subito da pensare a Il caso Thomas Crown, ladro raffinato ed elegante e dal fascino irresistibile che progetta rapine senza spargimento di sangue.My choices seem to be to either shank the person who is making me scared or get rid of all my fluids so I can run faster. I choose peeing over stabbing.”

All of the stories are first-rate, but my favorite is "Crime 101", which Winslow dedicates to "Mr. Steve McQueen," and which perfectly evokes the sense of cool that characterized the late, great actor. The story pits a very clever and successful jewel robber who haunts California Highway 101 and who is looking for that fabled one last score. He's pitted against a detective who, contrary to the perceived wisdom of the various police agencies investigating the string of robberies, believes that they are all the work of a single criminal. Sunset is a story that was written to include Winslow's "Dawn Patrol" characters like Boone Daniels. This is a good story and it's fun to spend some time with the gang again. The story is good though perhaps not to the quality level of others in this collection, it only suffers in comparison that way-on it's own, it's fantastic. Most children go through stages of refusing to eat lima beans or brussels sprouts, but we drew the line at eating anything we’d watched get a booze enema.” Dal Centro America, attraverso il Messico, un viaggio allucinante, non dissimile da quello di chi attraversa Sahara e Mediterraneo, o sulle altre tratte del mare nostrum, un viaggio pericoloso: spesso chi arriva alla mèta ha perso lungo il percorso così tanto da non avere più la forza di andare avanti. Basically the secret to a long-lasting marriage is memory loss and well-meaning lies and beach margaritas.

And as always, like I wrote above, her musings on anxiety and depression made my heart hurt but also strangely soothed me because it's comforting to know other people struggle too as messed up as that sounds. Even if you're not suffering from mental health issues, this is a book worth reading, to expand your empathy for your fellow human beings and to love the imperfections in yourself as well. Thanks to Netgalley, the author (Jenny Lawson), and the publisher (Henry Holt and Company) for a copy of the book. Sorry, she isn’t. Sorry, there is nothing sexy and certainly nothing cool about being willfully ignorant of the world around you.

As Jenny Lawson’s hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken, Jenny brings readers along on her mental and physical health journey, offering heartbreaking and hilarious anecdotes along the way.Ma non è finita, ci sono un paio di sorprese, due camei per così dire: il protagonista di un romanzo del 1997 (personaggio massacrato dall’omonimo film del 2007) e quello di un altro del 2006

Il primo romanzo breve (sono tutti intorno alle novanta pagine) è un succo (concentrato estratto centrifugato shakerato mixato agitato) di testosterone con la vendetta come motore. L’ho letto senza particolare piacere.But what I’ll remember the most is the funny. Even her chapter titles are a hoot. Some favorites: And Then I Bought Condoms for My Dog; So I’m Paying to Beat the Shit Out of Myself?; How DO Dogs Know They Have Penises?; and Up Divorce Creek Without a Paddle (Because the Guide Didn’t Trust Me Not to Push Victor Overboard with It). Remember, these are all true stories! I think we’d sit down and agree that the true hope is that neither of us has to have the loss of lady bits or excruciating procedures anymore. That’s some truth.