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Absolutely brilliant

I've seen some reviews (not Litsy!) reflecting a wider societal trend where, if a woman seeks to do something extraordinary, she's required to "do it for" or represent all women. That's an unfair burden to place on anyone! This is LJ's memoir: it's personal.
I greatly appreciated her candour, especially in discussing the ways in which her anxiety, 'special interests' and routines impact upon her life and put strain on her marriage. I needed this.

A big old resounding pick for being the book I needed to read this week. I‘m trying to understand what a friend is going through/how to support her, as she goes for diagnostic tests. So far we‘ve established that her view & my view of what autism means are light years apart.

Laura James was 45, a successful journalist, wife and mother of 4 adult children, when she was diagnosed with autism. In this memoir, she looks at her diagnosis and the

I don‘t read as many books about autism as a mom of a kid on the spectrum probably should. But I‘d like to more regularly read books BY people with autism, because - besides being inherently important because #ownvoices - they tend to have the tone and perspectives that I find most valuable. This is a great one - the memoir of a brilliant, successful journalist diagnosed as an adult. Insightful, well-written, and entertaining.

As someone who works daily with kids on the Autism spectrum, I found her account of the ways that her Autism affects her life to be so interesting and eye-opening. I particularly loved how she found coping strategies as an adult learning to put a name to some of the challenges that she faced her entire life. This memoir is super relatable and inviting.

❤️? "Books are my greatest pleasure." Me too.

I relate to this bc sometimes a good book can silence my anxiety.

It's so cool that she has Ehlers-Danlos! I have this joint condition, and it can be debilitating at times, and it's so frustrating bc no one has any idea what it is. I love reading about someone else that has this

I love her descriptions of her own emotions! So interesting to read about how people with different conditions see things in a different light! (The narrator is an adult who has been recently diagnosed with Autism)

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Laura James speaks with clarity and vigour about diagnosis with autism during adulthood. Her passion for facts is evident, with snippets from a range of specialists and professionals used to help illustrate the challenges faced by a woman who has fought to seem neuro typical. When Laura realises that judging herself by living a neuro typical life is not how she wants to live, it is an inspirational finale to a interesting book.

Laura James is a wonderful writer and I breezed through this thought-provoking memoir. There is so much to think about and discuss here that I‘m passing along my library book to a friend so that we can talk about it!! @Redheadreading

Reading is hard work.

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