{"product_id":"strong-female-character-9781914240447","title":"Strong Female Character","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eStrong Female Character is a hilarious, smart, sad, and revealing book that has won multiple awards, including the British Book of the Year, the Nero Book Awards, and the Books Are My Bag Awards. It tells the story of Fern Brady, who is diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor she had it. The book explores her terrible Catholic childhood, her friendship with an elderly man, homelessness, stripping, and more. It is incredibly funny, and unapologetically frank, and has brilliant things to say about being autistic and being funny. 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More stripping, but with more nervous breakdowns.\u003cbr\u003e7. I hate everyone at uni and live with a psycho, etc.\u003cbr\u003e8. REDACTED as too spicy.\u003cbr\u003e9. After everyone tells me I don't look autistic, I try to cure my autism and get addicted to Xanax.\u003cbr\u003e10. 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