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Strong Female Character
- Narrated by: Fern Brady
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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Publisher's Summary
BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR: AUDIOBOOK WINNER 2024
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.
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- Mx
- 20-02-2023
Funny, sad and hopeful
This book is a wonderful read about someone who was born into a world that was completely oblivious to the fact that it wasn’t built for her at all. It’s a triumph to see she has survived and moved forward, despite everything that has happened to her and the way the world has treated her. I cried in parts. I felt joy during parts. A story that is being written by someone is living, despite it all, which honestly, is one of the best parts
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- MykMallett
- 23-02-2023
Superb
I’ve liked Fern Brady since I saw her on a panel show and she made some flippant line about taking some guy home “for a pump” and everything I’ve seen her on and heard from her since has been great. This book wasn’t what I expected tbh, I knew she was autistic but I wasn’t expecting such a vivid depiction of it throughout. Not sure what I was expecting really, but either way it was absolutely brilliant and I’m glad to have learnt so much
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- Hannah
- 12-03-2023
Brilliant book!
What a great book. Beautiful written and I learnt so much. Very highly recommend this to everyone.
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- Lis
- 20-03-2023
Funny but not funny in a very honest way
This book had me laughing out loud and then plummeting back to reality with the raw and to the point accounts of how confusing life can be for an autistic person living in a neurotypical world. We need to hear and share this stuff. Loved the book.
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- Jessica Dunbar
- 16-05-2023
Brilliant and heart rending in places.
Brilliantly written, funny and uncompromising. As an adult woman who is on her way to her own autism diagnosis there were a number of stories Fern told which hit very close to home. While for me some of it was very hard to listen to it was absolutely worth it and everyone should give it a listen. Thanks Fern.
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- Pauline
- 16-10-2023
So honestly funny.
First book in ages I got through in first sitting I didn’t want to stop !!
Loved it 👍🏻
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- Saoirse
- 20-11-2023
This book is me
I wish I could thank Fern personally for writing this book. I was diagnosed autistic a couple of years ago, and until now I’ve never felt so understood. Although I’ve never been a stripper or had someone try to murder me, I know exactly how she feels and I related so much that I had to listen to this book in intervals a few minutes long. It felt like gut punch after relatable gut punch, in the best way. Funny and full of heart but an honest account of how devastatingly difficult it can be to be a late diagnosed autistic woman. I wish I could make everyone in my life read it and say “this is how to understand my brain”.
A must-read for anyone and everyone.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-04-2024
Engaging, real and humour, life through the lens of neurodivergent person.
Great listen, love Fern’s humour, realness and honesty about her life and struggles to learn how to live in a neurotypical world. Recommend everyone to listen, especially adults recently diagnosed, self-aware and self diagnosed, people who live, work or are friends with a person living with a person with autism. Thank you xx
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- J.Mirella
- 29-04-2024
Total honesty on the spectrum
Her writing is fresh and l absolutely loved her no holding back with language, and not the Foreign type...
thank you Fren,
you are me 20 years younger.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-07-2023
brilliant
I enjoy fern's stand up, loved this book as well. very raw and honest.
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