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THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLER 'An absolute riot. I'm literally going
to read it again once I've finished, and I'm a miserable
bastard...it's a belter' - FRANKIE BOYLE 'A set text for all of us
in 2023' - DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITE A summary of my book: 1. I'm
diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2.
My terrible Catholic childhood: I hate my parents etc. 3. My
friendship with an elderly man who runs the corner shop and is
definitely not trying to groom me. I get groomed. 4. Homelessness.
5. Stripping. 6. More stripping but with more nervous breakdowns.
7. I hate everyone at uni and live with a psycho etc. 8. REDACTED
as too spicy. 9. After everyone tells me I don't look autistic, I
try to cure my autism and get addicted to Xanax. 10. REDACTED as
too embarrassing. 'Fern's book, like everything she does, is
awesome. Incredibly funny, and so unapologetically frank that I
feel genuinely sorry for her lawyers.' - PHIL WANG 'Of course it's
funny - it's Fern Brady - but this book is also deeply moving and
eye-opening' - ADAM KAY 'It made me laugh out loud and broke my
heart and made me weep...I hope absolutely everyone reads this, and
it makes them kinder and more curious about the way we all live' -
DAISY BUCHANAN 'Glorious. Frank but nuanced, a memoir that doesn't
sacrifice voice or self-awareness. And it has brilliant things to
say about being autistic and being funny' - ELLE MCNICOLL 'Strong
Female Character is a testament to the importance of
self-knowledge.' - Rachael Healy, The Guardian 'Fern is a
brilliant, beautiful writer with a unique voice and even more
unique story. Astute, honest and very, very funny.' - LOU SANDERS
'So funny and brilliant' - HOLLY SMALE 'Witty, dry, and
gimlet-eyed, Strong Female Character is a necessary corrective.
Brady offers a compelling, messy, highly resonant portrait of what
masked Autism feels like.' - Devon Price, author of Unmasking
Autism
'An absolute riot. I'm literally going to read it again once I've
finished, and I'm a miserable bastard...it's a belter' - FRANKIE
BOYLE If you've ever been on a night out where you got blackout
drunk and have laughed the next day as your friends tell you all
the stupid stuff you said, that's what being autistic feels like
for me: one long blackout night of drinking, except there's no
socially sanctioned excuse for your gaffes and no one is laughing.
A summary of my book: 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after
telling a doctor I had it. 2. My terrible Catholic childhood: I
hate my parents etc. 3. My friendship with an elderly man who runs
the corner shop and is definitely not trying to groom me. I get
groomed. 4. Homelessness. 5. Stripping. 6. More stripping but with
more nervous breakdowns. 7. I hate everyone at uni and live with a
psycho etc. 8. REDACTED as too spicy. 9. After everyone tells me I
don't look autistic, I try to cure my autism and get addicted to
Xanax. 10. REDACTED as too embarrassing. 'Of course it's funny -
it's Fern Brady - but this book is also deeply moving and
eye-opening' - ADAM KAY 'It made me laugh out loud and broke my
heart and made me weep...I hope absolutely everyone reads this, and
it makes them kinder and more curious about the way we all live' -
DAISY BUCHANAN 'Glorious. Frank but nuanced, a memoir that doesn't
sacrifice voice or self-awareness. And it has brilliant things to
say about being autistic and being funny' - ELLE MCNICOLL 'Fern is
a brilliant, beautiful writer with a unique voice and even more
unique story. Astute, honest and very, very funny.' - LOU SANDERS
'So funny and brilliant' - HOLLY SMALE 'Fern's book, like
everything she does, is awesome. Incredibly funny, and so
unapologetically frank that I feel genuinely sorry for her
lawyers.' - PHIL WANG
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