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  • I Choose Darkness

  • A Holiday Essay
  • By: Jenny Lawson
  • Narrated by: Jenny Lawson
  • Length: 38 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (11 ratings)

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I Choose Darkness

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Summary

From cheap costumes to creepy dolls to questionable candy, number one New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson weaves a hauntingly hilarious account of her ongoing—sometimes outrageous—Halloween life.

The holly-jolly holidays aren’t for everyone, least of all when you look back on that one Christmas when there were two definitely haunted dolls waiting for you and your sister under the tree. You have to assume that’s where it all started.

And so it was for Jenny Lawson. Now, she lives in the land of eternal Halloween, as evidenced by her interior decor and general state of darkness. (Although, if you ask her, her taxidermy zoo is less dark, more delightful. But not everyone has taste, so what are you going to do?)

This essay takes Jenny back to where it all started, from her humble beginnings as a trick-or-treater in the 1980s, on high alert for (logistically improbable) candy laced with razor blades and the (allegedly) ever-present threat of satanists on the loose. From there, she has risen from the candy-wrapper ashes of her childhood to claim her rightful lifestyle as the queen of Halloween.
©2022 Jenny Lawson. (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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Short trip down Halloween memory lane

Jenny Lawson writes very well, so it is always entertaining and funny to read her. True to its tile, this book is just a short essay on Halloween. I was expecting a suspense/horror story but it's a trip down Jenny's memory of celebrating Halloween when she was younger. It is pleasing read and, even tough I prefer Christmas, I totally see the appeal of Halloween.

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