Jenny Lawson on Living a Furiously Happy Life Full of Raccoons
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.6 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2016
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Author Jenny Lawson explains why she approaches mental health struggles with a sense of humility, hilarity and a surprising amount of taxidermy on the latest Nerdette.
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| 1:00.8 | From WBEsie Chicago, this is Nerdette. I'm Trisha Bobita here with my co-host, Greta Johnson. |
| 1:06.1 | Hello, this week on Nerdette, people who make the best of messy situations. |
| 1:10.9 | We talked to Jenny Lawson. |
| 1:12.2 | She's the author of Furiously Happy, which you've probably seen in bookstores. |
| 1:16.0 | It's that book with the terrifying, glittering raccoon on the cover. |
| 1:19.4 | You call it terrifying. |
| 1:20.8 | I call it delightful. |
| 1:22.7 | Jenny says it's a little of each. |
| 1:24.7 | Half of him is like, happy birthday surprise. And the other half is like, |
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