I highly recommend this book! Everyone has imperfections to share. We are so much less alone if we learn to wear our imperfections proudly, like tarnished jewelry that still shines just as brightly.” - page 229 And by sharing our pain, we inspire others to share theirs.

“The world feels safer somehow if we share our pain. All of us have foibles, to share or to hide. The author even includes a chapter of embarrassing incidents shared by readers, awkward moments we all experience. As a reader, laughing and crying, feeling the depth of Lawson’s pain and frustration, made me more empathetic and reminded me we do not know the internal paths of others. If you are lucky, it is someone else’s journey, but chances are good that you know someone on this journey. Nearly one in five Americans experience mental illness at some point in their life. This is not a linear tale, but glimpses of the author’s life from different points of time and mental states. In a series of chapters, Jenny Lawson shares emails with editors, frustrations with the healthcare system, and candid interactions with family and friends. But once I started, I was amazed and surprised with every chapter: funny, philosophical, insightful. “ Broken (in the best possible way) ” by Jenny Lawson sat on my TBR (To Be Read) Pile for months. I did not want to begin this memoir about someone with mental illness. Review by Seana Zimmer, adult services library assistant at the Hillsborough branch They will make much more sense after you’ve read the book, but since oracle cards are. “ Broken (in the best possible way) ” by Jenny Lawson Each card (created by Katie Gamb) is inspired by NYT bestselling author Jenny Lawson’s latest book Broken (in the best possible way), a poignant and darkly hysterical look at Jenny’s bizarre life and struggle with chronic physical and mental illness.

Broken by Jenny Lawson