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“Far from your cookie-cutter story of addiction and recovery…Describes Hanchett’s journey to recovery and sobriety in imperfect and unconventional ways.”
— Bustle
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“Unflinchingly honest.”
— Health
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“Witty, heartbreaking, and enlightening, Hanchett’s memoir will resonate with parents and nonparents alike.”
— Booklist
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“[A] raw and riveting memoir…Readers will cheer Hanchett toward her triumphant recovery.”
— Publishers Weekly
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“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
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“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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Amazon, "Best Books of the Year So Far (2018)
— Bustle, "14 Debut Books By Women Coming Out In 2018 That You Need In Your TBR Pile
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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
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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
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[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
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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
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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
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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
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Relatable to any outside-the-box parent.
— BUST
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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
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Witty,
heartbreaking, and enlightening, Hanchett's memoir will resonate with parents
and nonparents alike.
— Booklist
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An inspiring message about recovery that resonates through its emphasis on the imperfect progress of life.
— Library Journal