Strong Female Character

Biography & True Stories, Literary Biographies

Fern Brady (author)

Paperback Published on: 11/01/2024

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One of the best autobiographies I’ve ever read

This is one of the best autobiography’s that I have ever read! Fern (a Scottish comedian who grew up in Bathgate) shares stories from her childhood, tee... READ MORE

Carolyn at Livingston

Exceptional storytelling with unadulterated honesty

A moving, insightful and at times funny book that takes us through Fern's life lived as a woman with undiagnosed (and then later diagnosed) autism. I t... READ MORE

Beth at Waterstones Lincoln

A heartbreakingly honest account of Autism

Fern Brady is like many, many people (usually female) who are diagnosed as Autistic when they are adults after a lifetime of struggling to understand and c... READ MORE

Sarah in Wolverhampton

Synopsis

'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.'

Fern Brady was told she couldn't be autistic because she's had loads of boyfriends and is good at eye contact. This is a story of how being female can get in the way of being autistic and how being autistic gets in the way of being the 'right kind' of woman.

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781914240478
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 246g
Dimensions: 196 x 126 x 26 mm

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Fascinating - told with humour and honesty

Thank you to the author and publisher Octopus Books for access to this as an ebook as part of a blog tour with Random Things Tours. I bought the audiobook ... READ MORE

Lisey P

Brave, brazen and honest

Not being an aficionado of the comedy scene or TV comedy panel shows, I was not aware of Fern Brady, but I certainly am now. She writes bravely, brazenly a... READ MORE

Nick A

Brave and bold

Strong Female Character was not exactly the read i was expecting, less funny and more bleak than i thought it would be, but that's not a negative at all an... READ MORE

David Brockway

left me laughing and crying !

fern brady shares the ups and downs of her life as an diagnosed neurodivergent woman. this beautiful and honest book is an eye-opening look at the difficul... READ MORE

Amy McGinily

Strong Female Character

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