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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Join us for an online book group discussion of this month’s title, Furiously Happy, by Jenny Lawson.
Read at your own pace and then join us at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 14 for a lively digital discussion. A link will be sent to the e-mail address associated with your library card one day prior to the event.
Copies of Furiously Happy are available for pick-up at the Ballentine branch pick-up window. To request that a copy be sent to another location for pick-up, please email Amber Jones at ajones@richlandlibrary.com, or call (803) 799-9084.
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In Furiously Happy, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. But terrible ideas are what Jenny does best. Furiously Happy is about "taking those moments when things are fine and making them amazing, because those moments are what make us who we are, and they're the same moments we take into battle with us when our brains declare war on our very existence. It's the difference between "surviving life" and "living life". It's the difference between "taking a shower" and "teaching your monkey butler how to shampoo your hair." It's the difference between being "sane" and being "furiously happy." Lawson is beloved around the world for her inimitable humor and honesty, and in Furiously Happy, she is at her snort-inducing funniest. This is a book about embracing everything that makes us who we are - the beautiful and the flawed - and then using it to find joy in fantastic and outrageous ways. Because as Jenny's mom says, "Maybe 'crazy' isn't so bad after all." Sometimes crazy is just right.