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Strong Female Character by Fern Brady

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Fern Brady tells the story of her life. How getting an autism diagnosis as an adult allowed her to make sense of her life. Her story is harrowing in places (see content warnings) and hilarious in others. Through multiple misdiagnosis by doctors, and spending a summer in a psych ward. Then on to University where she paid her way by stripping in various adult bars. 
The story finishes with where she is now, how life has changed after the diagnosis.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Gun violence, Alcohol