![]() ![]() I hope to one day see a sea of people all wearing silver ribbons as a sign that they understand the secret battle, and as a celebration of the victories made each day as we individually pull ourselves up out of our foxholes to see our scars heal, and to remember what the sun looks like. Survivors who wake to more work than before because their friends and family are exhausted from helping them fight a battle they may not even understand. Survivors who don’t get pats on the back from coworkers who congratulate them on making it. In Broken, Jenny brings readers along on her mental and. A 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 when we all need it most. ![]() As Jenny Lawson’s hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. And of course, Jenny’s long-suffering husband Victorthe Ricky to Jenny’s Lucille Ballis present throughout. ![]() We come back to life thinner, paler, weaker … but as survivors. From the 1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let’s Pretend This Never Happened comes a deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety. Instead, the feeling of victory is replaced with anxiety that it will happen again, and with shame and vulnerability when you see how your illness affected your family, your work, everything left untouched while you struggled to survive. “When you come out of the grips of a depression there is an incredible relief, but not one you feel allowed to celebrate. ![]()
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