Strong Female Character: The Sunday Times Bestseller

Strong Female Character is a humorous, intelligent, sad, and revealing memoir that was named the best book of the year by The Sunday Times, Audible, and Amazon. It was also a finalist for the Books Are My Bag Awards, the Bookshop.org Indie Champions, and the Goodreads Choice Book of the Year. Fern Brady, the author, was diagnosed with autism 20 years after first telling a doctor she had it. The book details her terrible Catholic childhood, her friendship with an elderly man who runs the corner shop, homelessness, stripping, and more. It is incredibly funny and frank, and it has brilliant things to say about being autistic and being funny.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 11 January 2024
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

NERO BOOK AWARDS WINNER 2023


WINNER,NON FICTION BOOK 2023


BOOKS ARE MY BAG AWARDS SHORTLIST


BOOKSHOP.ORG INDIE CHAMPIONS SHORTLIST


AMAZON NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST


GOODREADS CHOICE BOOK OF THE YEAR




Audible Books of the Year 2023




The Times


Books of the Year 2023




Apple


Best Audiobooks of 2023




BOOKSHOP.ORG


Book of the Month January




2024




THE SUNDAY TIMES


BESTSELLER




I tore through this hilarious, smart, sad, revealing book - Bob Odenkirk.




Funny, sharp and has incredible clarity - Jon Ronson.




An absolute riot. I'm literally going to read it again once I've finished, and I'm a miserable bastard...it's a belter - Frankie Boyle.




Strong Female Character is a testament to the importance of self-knowledge. - Rachael Healy, The Guardian.






A summary of my book:


1. I'm 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 don't look autistic, I try to cure my autism and get addicted to Xanax.
10. REDACTED as too embarrassing.




Fern's book, like everything she does, is awesome.




Incredibly funny, and so unapologetically frank that I feel genuinely sorry for her lawyers. - PHIL WANG.




Of course it's funny - it's Fern Brady - but this book is also deeply moving and eye-opening - ADAM KAY.




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 - DAISY BUCH.

Weight: 258g
Dimension: 126 x 197 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781914240478