STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER PB – FERN BRADY

BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR: AUDIOBOOK WINNER 2024 NERO BOOK AWARDS WINNER 2023 WINNER, NON FICTION BOOK 2023, BOOKS ARE MY BAG AWARDS SHORTLIST, BOOKSHOP.ORG INDIE CHAMPIONS SHORTLIST, AMAZON NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST, GOODREADS CHOICE BOOK OF THE YEAR Audible Books of the Year 2023 The Times Books of the Year 2023 Apple Best Audiobooks of 2023 BOOKSHOP.ORG Book of the Month January 2024 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER I tore through this hilarious, smart, sad, revealing book – Bob Odenkirk Funny, sharp and has incredible clarity – Jon Ronson 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 Strong Female Character is a testament to the importance of self-knowledge. – Rachael Healy, The Guardian 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 b