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Strong Female Character

The Sunday Times Bestseller

Fern Brady

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Coup de coeur
Coup de coeur (Life Events), by Celia
This is an hilarious, honest and heartbreaking memoir from Scottish comedian Fern Brady. After reading about autism as a teenager, Fern knew she had it but because she had boyfriends and could make eye contact, doctor after doctor told her it couldn't be that. She recounts the extreme challenges she faced growing up misdiagnosed and the tumultuous years of homelessness, stripping, meltdowns and misunderstandings from everyone around her. This is a game-changing memoir on neurodiversity and sexism.

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

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 11 Jan 2024
Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 126 mm
ISBN: 9781914240478

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