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'Hilarious, unflinching, wise' - Sara Pascoe 'Intensely personal,
highly educational and very funny' - Adam Kay 'Some brains, through
no fault of their own, pack a bag, turn the lights off and run away
to the seaside the moment they are meant to be doing homework,
paying bills or not putting the cat in the fridge. These are ADHD
brains. I have one and believe they are as common as being
left-handed, flat footed or genuinely enjoying anchovies on a
pizza. Undiagnosed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder made my
life a frustrating, maddening rollercoaster. I had very little
focus except when I was hyper-focusing (and then it would always be
on the wrong things), I made the same mistakes over and over again,
regularly burning myself out until I was sobbing. When I finally
was diagnosed in my 40s it felt like the lights had been turned on
after a lifetime in the dark.' Join much-loved comedian Shaparak
Khorsandi as she looks back on her life through the lens of ADHD
and finally makes sense of the chaos. From discovering the joys of
shoplifting through to finally understanding her attraction to
toxic men, Scatter Brain will have you laughing (and crying) as you
find out what it's really like to live a life out of control.
Whether you suspect you might have ADHD or you're just here for the
ride, let Shaparak take you on her heartbreaking and hilarious
journey of self-discovery where you just might learn something
useful about yourself too!
Hilarious and heartwarming, this memoir is the story of growing up
in a strange land where you don't speak the language, everyone
smells like milk, and to top it off, the Ayatollah wants you and
your family dead In the tradition of Nancy Mitford's "The Pursuit
of Love" and Gerald Durrell's "My Family and Other Animals," comes
a story of a young narrator in the midst of her eccentric family.
But rather than landed gentry or bohemian travelers, it's a mad
extended Iran clan who flee Tehran to 1980s Britain after the fall
the Shah. Five year old Shappi and her beloved brother Peyvand
arrive with their parents in London--all cold weather and strange
food--without a word of English. If adapting to a new culture isn't
troubling enough, it soon becomes clear that the Ayatollah's
henchmen are in pursuit. With the help of MI5, Shappi's family go
into hiding. So apart from checking under the family car for bombs
every morning, Shappi's childhood is like any other kids--swings in
the park, school plays, kiss-chase, and terrorists.
Nina does not have a drinking problem. She likes a drink, sure. But
what 17-year-old doesn't? Nina's mum isn't so sure. But she's busy
with her new husband and five year old Katie. And Nina's almost an
adult after all. And if Nina sometimes wakes up with little memory
of what happened the night before, then her friends are all too
happy to fill in the blanks. Nina's drunken exploits are the stuff
of college legend. But then one dark Sunday morning, even her
friends can't help piece together Saturday night. All Nina feels is
a deep sense of shame, that something very bad has happened to
her... A dark, funny - sometimes shocking - coming of age novel
from one of the UK's leading comedians. NINA IS NOT O.K. will
appeal to fans of Caitlin Moran and Lena Dunham.
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