Strong Female Character : The Sunday Times Bestseller

Author: Brady, Fern

Performing arts: comedy

Published on 11 January 2024 by Octopus Publishing Group (BRAZEN) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 288 pages
126 x 197 x 26 | 258g

WINNER, NON FICTION BOOK 2023, BOOKS ARE MY BAG AWARDS SHORTLIST, NERO BOOK AWARDS SHORTLIST, BOOKSHOP.ORG INDIE CHAMPIONS SHORTLIST, AMAZON NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST, GOODREADS CHOICE BOOK OF THE YEARAudible Books of the Year 2023The Times Books of the Year 2023Apple Best Audiobooks of 2023BOOKSHOP.ORG Book of the Month January 2024THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER I tore through this hilarious, smart, sad, revealing book - Bob Odenkirk Funny, sharp and has incredible clarity - Jon RonsonAn absolute riot. Im literally going to read it again once Ive finished, and Im a miserable bastard...its a belter - FRANKIE BOYLEStrong Female Character is a testament to the importance of self-knowledge. - Rachael Healy, The GuardianA summary of my book:1. Im 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 dont look autistic, I try to cure my autism and get addicted to Xanax.

10. REDACTED as too embarrassing.

Ferns book, like everything she does, is awesome. Incredibly funny, and so unapologetically frank that I feel genuinely sorry for her lawyers. - PHIL WANGOf course its funny - its Fern Brady - but this book is also deeply moving and eye-opening- ADAM KAYIt 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 BUCHANANGlorious. Frank but nuanced, a memoir that doesnt sacrifice voice or self-awareness. And it has brilliant things to say about being autistic and being funny - ELLE MCNICOLLA set text for all of us in 2023 - DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITEFern is a brilliant, beautiful writer with a unique voice and even more unique story. Astute, honest and very, very funny. - LOU SANDERSSo funny and brilliant - HOLLY SMALEWitty, 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