Author Series: HappySad with Brendan Donovan

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Brendan Donovan discusses his debut memoir HappySad: Getting Over the One That Got Away, which follows him from falling in love and getting engaged at 27 through depression, addiction and recovery, “from therapy and The Biggest Loser to opioids and everything in between.” Donovan is a Boston special education teacher who was a contestant on the show in 2010, and he self-published the book.