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. LOU SANDERS So funny and brilliant - HOLLY SMALE Witty, dry, and gimlet-eyed, Strong Female Character is a necessary corrective. Brutal honesty and a talent for storytelling combine to make an insightful memoir that’s not only very funny, but will no doubt provide invaluable moments of recognition for many readers. Fern is a brilliant, beautiful writer with a unique voice and even more unique story. Fern Brady is a natural and engaging writer, weaving bleak episodes with moments of pure comedy as she re-appraises crucial moments in her life through the lens of her autism diagnosis. Strong Female Character is a testament to the importance of self-knowledge. If you are autistic you’ll be seen, heard, held, rocked and loved here. You’ll laugh, cry, be still and if you’re not autistic – by god you’ll learn. Fizzing with intelligence, it will hit you in the heart, lungs and liver. Brave doesn’t cover it and I’m not sure what will. I’m literally going to read it again once I’ve finished, and I’m a miserable bastard…it’s a belterįern Brady’s book is alive in your hands. Astute, honest and very, very funny.Īn absolute riot. And it has brilliant things to say about being autistic and being funnyįern is a brilliant, beautiful writer with a unique voice and even more unique story. Frank but nuanced, a memoir that doesn’t sacrifice voice or self-awareness. 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 It should not be the case that I'm having to learn how to cope as a newly-diagnosed person from 19-year-old girls on TikTok.Of course it’s funny – it’s Fern Brady – but this book is also deeply moving and eye-opening
Learning how to cope with them came only in part from my therapist – mostly it came from the radical autism-acceptance movement that is growing online among the late-diagnosed women and non-binary folk. The calmer I felt, the more the meltdowns reduced further. the less I felt revolted at my odd posture or voice and in turn, the more I stood up for myself the calmer I felt. Still, the more I 'came out' as autistic. She writes: "I still have to half-mask at work.
Everything about my personality that made me a problem at university or in most jobs seemed to be treated as some sort of magical power in stand up."Īnd with time Fern learns to read herself, though the late diagnosis of autism brings regrets and a sense of 'what if' and a clear-eyed description of what it takes to manage a life-long condition like autism. the comedy circuit was somewhere I immediately felt at ease. Their faces wrinkled with concern at how unwell I was.”
Medicated, she talks to her mother and brother: “I told them I’d realised it was my life’s purpose to become a stand-up comedian.
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