Laureen Peltier answers “Is this book going to get better? I'm on...”

Dawn asked this question about Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things:

Is this book going to get better? I'm on page 27, and so far I'd say it's about 25% funny and 75% pretty stupid. Or do I just not "get" this author?

Laureen Peltier I hope this will get funny, as well. I find her writing very readable, but her stories are obviously exaggerated. While it's wonderful to see humor in…moreI hope this will get funny, as well. I find her writing very readable, but her stories are obviously exaggerated. While it's wonderful to see humor in the face of something like anxiety, I think this author goes over board to find the humor. But then, I'm not a strong humor fan. I have experience serious mental illness as well, but I worked on it in therapy and got better. I wonder if this author is really working at it, or using it as a vehicle to blog.(less)

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Riayl I appreciate you responding and I hope that it was clear with the quotation marks that I didn't think your path to healing was actually easy. If it ca ...more
Apr 15, 2016 11:49AM · flag

Laureen Peltier I really like you :) ... no worries. Thank you for posting. If people don't say how they feel, nothing changes.

I'm glad you're enjoying Furiously Happ ...more
Apr 15, 2016 01:49PM · flag

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