Broken (in the best possible way)

Written by Jenny Lawson

Narrated by Jenny Lawson

"Jenny Lawson returns to narrate her third installment in a disheveled saga of finding the light at the end of a long, winding, ludicrous tunnel...Another treasure in the Lawson collection, this audiobook shines with a powerful message: Depression and anxiety suck, but we can rise above them." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let’s Pretend This Never Happened comes a deeply relatable audiobook filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety.

*This program includes an audio-exclusive bonus chapter*

As Jenny Lawson’s hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken (in the bests possible way), Jenny brings listeners along on her mental and physical health journey, offering heartbreaking and hilarious anecdotes along the way.

With people experiencing anxiety and depression now more than ever, Jenny humanizes what we all face in an all-too-real way, reassuring us that we’re not alone and making us laugh while doing it. From the business ideas that she wants to pitch to Shark Tank to the reason why Jenny can never go back to the post office, Broken leaves nothing to the imagination in the most satisfying way. And of course, Jenny’s long-suffering husband Victor—the Ricky to Jenny’s Lucille Ball—is present throughout.

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.

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Apr 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781250790934

Jenny Lawson

Jenny Lawson is an award-winning humorist known for her great candor in sharing her struggle with mental illness. She lives in Texas with her husband and daughter and was constantly “buying too many books” (“Not a real thing,” she insists), so she decided to skip the middleman and just started her own bookshop, which also serves booze because books and booze are what magic is made of. She has previously written Let’s Pretend This Never Happened and Furiously Happy, both of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. She also wrote You Are Here, which inexplicably made it onto the New York Times bestseller list in spite of the fact that it was basically a very fun coloring book. She would like to be your friend unless you’re a real asshole. And yes, she realizes that this whole paragraph is precisely the reason she shouldn’t be allowed to write her own bio.

Reviews for Broken (in the best possible way)

[Seran · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

A long book about nothing in particular. Sounds like rambling and anything that comes to her mind.

[Emily Sell · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

If you have an autoimmune disease and deal with insurance, expensive treatment and finding medications that work for you, this book is for you.
Jenny Lawson puts her hilarious spin on the crap we deal with. If you need a good laugh, this book is also for you. Not suitable for children.

[Daniel Rich · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Simply the best book of the year. After the death and dying and tremendous sadness all around us. This book is funny and honest and yes a bit sad. If I have spoken to you for more than twenty minutes, I have probably mentioned and suggest reading this book. Jenny, thank you for sharing so much of you.

[tothrivewrite · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wonderfully uneven, touching and funny, at times incomprehensible, but very human, like the writer

[Susan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Beautiful and hysterical - this Is Jenny at her finest! Jenny never disappoints!

[Rachelle Adams · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Absolutely loved it. A gift to every one of us who is also 'broken'.

[Anya · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Thank you for the laughs and for being open about your struggles, I appreciate it.

[G V · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wonderful. Made me think, laugh out loud and question my own life. Highly recommend!

[Diane Cheney · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

She's trying way, way too hard to be quirky, and comes off fake instead. I loved her first book, but this was just cartoonish, in a very uncomfortable way. My husband begged me to make it stop. I agree.

[Janelle Rowe · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

While this author writes how she thinks, so it is often rambling, it’s fantastic. If you’ve ever experienced anxiety or depression, it’s extremely relatable. Also completely hilarious… nearly peed myself kind of laughing. She can be really profound at one moment saying something about how health insurance and the hoops to jump through to get necessary medication could kill her as much as her depression and autoimmune diseases. Then I’m laughing like crazy due to her funny and random stories.

[cristina7sousa-4 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Amazing book. Great essays and lots of laughs. Loved it

[Jahel Corbán Caldera · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Jenny has outdone herself. I feel this book is even more poignant, raw and honest than the previous two. Perfect blend of comedy and honest mental health chat. It honestly helped me a lot to discovered and approach my own struggles. Specially that letter to the insurance company, that was THE BEST.