I'm Just Happy to Be Here: A Memoir of Renegade Mothering
By Janelle Hanchett
Read by Janelle Hanchett
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ISBN: 9781549198687
| Runtime: | 9.45 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
A BookRiot Pick of This Month's Best Audiobooks
A Library Journal Editor’s Pick of Mothers & Others Memoirs
"By turns painful and funny... A searingly candid memoir." -- Kirkus
"Far from your cookie-cutter story of addiction . . . [I'm Just Happy to Be Here] describes Hanchett's journey to recovery and sobriety in imperfect and unconventional ways." -- Bustle
In this unflinching and wickedly funny memoir, Janelle Hanchett tells the story of finding her way home. And then, actually staying there. Drawing us into the wild, heartbreaking mind of the addict, Hanchett carries us from motherhood at 21 with a man she'd known three months to cubicles and whiskey-laden domesticity, from judging meth addicts in rehab to therapists who "seem to pull diagnoses out of large, expensive hats." With warmth, wit, and searing B.S. detectors turned mostly toward herself, Hanchett invites us to laugh when we probably shouldn't and to rejoice at the unconventional redemption she finds in desperation and in a misfit mentor who forces her to see the truth of herself.
A story of ego and forced humility, of fierce honesty and jagged love, of the kind of failure that forces us to re-create our lives, Hanchett writes with rare candor, scorching the "sanctity of motherhood," and leaving beauty in the ashes.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Far from your cookie-cutter story of addiction and recovery…Describes Hanchett’s journey to recovery and sobriety in imperfect and unconventional ways.” —Bustle
“Unflinchingly honest.” —Health
“Witty, heartbreaking, and enlightening, Hanchett’s memoir will resonate with parents and nonparents alike.” —Booklist
“[A] raw and riveting memoir…Readers will cheer Hanchett toward her triumphant recovery.” —Publishers Weekly
“By turns painful and funny, [I’m Just Happy to Be Here] explores the pressures of modern motherhood while chronicling one woman’s journey toward acceptance of her own limitations and imperfections. A searingly candid memoir.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Hanchett here demonstrates how the overidealization of modern family life makes it difficult to emerge from a damaging cycle of addiction…An inspiring message about recovery that resonates through its emphasis on the imperfect progress of life.” —Library Journal
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Far from your cookie-cutter story of addiction and recovery, I'm Just Happy to Be Here: A Memoir of Renegade Mothering describes Hanchett's journey to recovery and sobriety in imperfect and unconventional ways. —Bustle
By turns painful and funny, [I'm Just Happy to Be Here] explores the pressures of modern motherhood while chronicling one woman's journey toward acceptance of her own limitations and imperfections. A searingly candid memoir. —Kirkus Reviews
[Hanchett's] memoir is a refreshingly raw, contrasting perspective on the
foolproof idea of motherhood. She proves that the right support system
can pull you out of even the darkest places. —POPSUGAR
Janelle Hanchett...counters the popular idea that children
are the solution to all of life's problems and that motherhood is
picture-perfect all the time.... Candid [and] self-deprecating. —Brit + Co
Janelle Hanchett
presents motherhood as we seldom see it: with irreverent humor, brazen honesty,
deep love and loss. Her story is about finding peace right in the mess of
motherhood, and that's what makes it wonderful. —Jill Smokler, NewYork Times bestselling author of Confessions of a Scary Mommy
Fiercely talented
word-warrior Janelle Hanchett grabs your guts with her frank,
brutally funny, and moving memoir of modern motherhood and addiction.
You won't want to let go of this book. —Ann Imig, editor of Listento Your Mother: What She Said Then, What We're Saying Now
Relatable to any outside-the-box parent. —BUST
Whilst we are all fighting some sort of inner battle, few of us have the honesty, humor, and heart to describe our struggle like Janelle Hanchett. Her memoir, I'm Just Happy to Be Here, is not just for those touched by addiction, but for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider, which is everyone. I could not put this book down. —Firoozeh Dumas, NewYork Times bestselling author of Funny in Farsi and LaughingWithout an Accent
Hanchett offers a startling account of her struggles
with alcohol and drug addiction in this raw and riveting memoir.... Readers will
cheer Hanchett toward her triumphant recovery. —Publishers Weekly
Witty,
heartbreaking, and enlightening, Hanchett's memoir will resonate with parents
and nonparents alike. —Booklist
An inspiring message about recovery that resonates through its emphasis on the imperfect progress of life. —Library Journal
Author
Author Bio: Janelle Hanchett
Janelle Hanchett created the website “Renegade Mothering” in 2011 because she needed to know if the rest of the mothering world was crazy or she was. Writing after her kids went to bed and while she was supposed to be working, she attracted an audience of hundreds of thousands of readers. She holds a BA in English from University of California at Davis and an MA in English literature from Sacramento State.
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| Available Formats : | Retail CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Runtime: | 9.45 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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