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“For most autistics existing in a world not built for them, anxiety is the baseline and constant background hum that their daily life has to play over.”

Strong Female Character by Fern Brady

August 17, 2023 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

Before this book I knew Fern Brady not at all. She’s made a name for herself between the UK comedy and television scenes, and while I enjoy a British panel show I’ve managed to miss Brady entirely. I decided to request this book from NetGalley based purely on the fact that this is a memoir of a woman who was diagnosed with autism as an adult and that’s a story I am very interested in. Like Brady, I too do a reasonably convincing impression of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: autism, autism representation, cbr15bingo, Fern Brady, late diagnosis, meltdowns and shutdowns, on the air, read harder challenge, Strong Female Character

faintingviolet's CBR15 Review No:17 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: autism, autism representation, cbr15bingo, Fern Brady, late diagnosis, meltdowns and shutdowns, on the air, read harder challenge, Strong Female Character ·
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