Easy crafts for the insane : a mostly funny memoir of mental illness and making things
by Brown, Kelly Williams (Author)
Summary
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Adulting comes a story about how to make something when you're capable of nothing"-- Full description
- Introduction. Thank, or at least acknowledge, your lucky stars
- Unmarried : in which I leave my spouse; flee to Independence, Oregon; and assume a future so bright, protective eyewear is required
- Ascendant : in which I establish a new family, join tinder, and fall in love over the course of one evening
- Dislocated : in which Trump becomes president, my bones crumble to dust, and we all become 25 to 33 percent crazier
- No apparent distress : in which I break my other arm and meditate on the nature of independence in a time of growing darkness
- Scenes from a breakdown : in which I just cannot get a win
- A fertile time : in which I seek the meaning of family and find some truly terrible ideas
- My almost-dying : in which I do the worst thing
- Psych ward crafting : in which I lose all my freedoms but gain some new makeup skills
- Well ... ish : in which I gain a lot of sanity and lose a lot of mobility
- So it's time to reconstitute your whole dang life : in which I do that exact thing
- Afterword : ... And now, here we all are.