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Garner, Chelsea Harvey.
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Emotions.
Sadness.
Suffering.
Mental health.
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Garner, Chelsea Harvey.
Emotions.
Sadness.
Suffering.
Mental health.
MARC Display
A pity party is still a party : a feel-good guide to feeling bad / written & illustrated by
Chelsea
Harvey
Garner
.
by
Garner
,
Chelsea
Harvey
.
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.
Call #:
152.4 G234p
Subjects
Emotions.
Sadness.
Suffering.
Mental health.
ISBN:
9780063082410 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xxii, 246 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Most of us try to avoid feeling sad, but in this candid, comical, and deeply-felt book, therapist
Chelsea
Harvey
Garner
doesn't just argue that the future will be brighter if we learn to enjoy the unenjoyable and support each other when the vibes aren't so good, she also shows us how. What if all the advice we've received about 'looking on the bright side' is wrong? What if sadness is actually the key to happiness, and can even be...fun?
Garner
is here to make that case. In this feel-good guide to feeling bad, she claims it's not enough for us to tolerate hard feelings. We need to embrace them. We need to let them show by crying with others. Often. In public. Playful, at times irreverent, but always sincere,
Garner
is the grown-up Miss Frizzle for the therapy generation. She believes that if we want to build a world where mental health is the norm, we have to lean into connection and count on each other, even -- and perhaps especially -- at our worst."--Back cover.
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