The book was first announced in August 2015, but the original release date was pushed back a few months later.

Out this fall from Simon and Schuster, Solutions and Other Problems is already the No. Now, the Hyperbole and a Half sequel is coming, so prepare for more sugar-fueled existential crises, adventures in pet ownership, and true stories of mental illness. I encourage anyone who follows her to do the same, so you can have a lasting copy of her work.In 2014, web cartoonist and blogger Allie Brosh turned her website into a hilarious gut-punch of a book deal. Rather entranced by her blog, I decided to order her book as a way of support, despite a space-challenged library. With her strange little drawings and her frankness about isolation and emotions, Brosh won a spot in my heart. I confess, this is rather what I was hoping for when I read Jenny Lawson’s semi-autobiography, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened.

It is absurd, poignant, honest, and a little uncomfortable. It is a perfect example of relating how she experienced that moment, without going for laughs. There is an incident during her depression where she relates how she is lying on the floor and discovers a piece of corn under the fridge. I love her humor, her truths, her candidness in sharing some of the awful times of her life, and for being genuine with it, not merely going for laughs–although there are plenty of those. I too have schemed obsessively to get cake, and that tell-tale smear of pink icing at the corner of the mouth–priceless. I confess, “The God of Cake” is one of my favorite stories, precisely because I can completely relate. “Dinosaur (the Goose story)” created out-loud laughs with its great pictures. Subjects range from childhood experiences to struggles with her dogs to self-identity and depression. It’s a pleasing way to highlight a change in topics. Made of heavy paper, each section has a different colored page background, making it look a little like a stack of heavy construction paper from the side. Satisfying on a laptop screen, I enjoyed the paper version even more. Hyperbole and a Half originates from her wildly popular blog of the same name ( link to her site). Though she presents herself as a person struggling with severe depression issues in a number of the stories, she touches on human truths most of us experience. Part graphic novel, part autobiography, she manages to both amuse and discomfort the reader in the best of ways. Despite her strange little drawings, particularly a self-portrait that looks something like a marine tube worm, she reaches some profound truths in the course of her book. Problem dogs, people who love cake ★ ★ ★ ★ ★Īllie Brosh astounds me. Recommended for fans of humorous biographies, people with

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