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Author:
Fern Brady
Publisher:
Harmony
Date:
June 6, 2023
Scottish comedian Fern Brady was told she couldn't be autistic because she'd had loads of boyfriends and is good at eye contact. In this memoir, she delivers a sharp portrait of neurodivergence and living unmasked.
What The Reviewers Say
... a testament to Brady’s quality of said character, her tenacity in the face of a world not yet ready to grapple with all she brings to it. Her memoir is not a journey of self-improvement: There is no concrete, happy ending outside of her eventual diagnosis..
Nobody is spared in this brutal, funny and heartbreaking memoir about growing up with undiagnosed autism.
While detailing a life as a perpetual outsider in an unsympathetic world could have allowed her to wallow in self-pity, Brady manages to plot a course between the drama of repeated brutal encounters and her inner thoughts with a mixture of excruciating honesty and dark humour.
Punchy.
