She gives a first-person account of the transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment she underwent. Jackson and he is trying to kill her joints because they are actually snakes on a plane), and (perhaps most deadly of all) her health insurance company. But she also writes about her constant and life-threatening struggles with severe depression and anxiety, debilitating RA, (her antibodies are Samuel L.

Jenny Lawson is America's funniest living writer. but then also cry-crying maybe, putting the book down and murmuring, 'holy crap!', or even resolving to get on a plane to Texas, right now, because the author clearly needs a hug. Snort-laughing, quiet wheeze-laughing, cry-laughing. Unless you are offended by bad language, wildly-inappropriate conversation topics, taxidermied roadkill, and embarrassing situations - in which case (1) don't read this book, and (2) who ARE you even? - you will laugh. Of course, Jenny’s long-suffering husband Victor - the Ricky to Jenny’s Lucille Ball - is present throughout.Ī treat for Jenny Lawson’s already existing fans, and destined to convert new ones, Broken is a beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter. She tackles such timelessly debated questions as “How do dogs know they have penises?” We see 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. Jenny 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. In Broken, she explores her experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation with brutal honesty. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson comes her most personal book yet.Īs Jenny Lawson’s hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression.

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