Diagnosis Normal [electronic resource] : Living with abuse, undiagnosed autism, and COVID-grade crazy
Emma A. Jane2022
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'I have three gears: glum melancholy, inappropriate outbursts, and extreme
slapstick. On a good day, I can pass as normal but not for too many minutes. I'm
what most people would regard as a hardened introvert . . . I like other people.
I'm just not very good at them.'
Emma Jane has lived a thousand colourful lives. She escaped a small town and a
traumatic childhood by moving to Sydney, where she made an indelible imprint on
the oppressively blokey mediascape. She played in an all-girl band, married a
rock star she hardly knew, had a baby, ditched journalism for academia, and
changed her name from Emma Tom to Emma Jane. But all the while she was
struggling with her mental health. Then, during the first Sydney lockdown she
was accidentally sectioned in a psychiatric ward. At the time she wasn't sure
whether to be more embarrassed by the institutionalisation or the fact she'd
forgotten to set her at-home eyebrow dye timer and looked like Groucho Marx.
Given everyone suffer...
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Author:
Emma A. Jane, Author
Imprint:
Australia : Random House Australia, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781761044120
Language:
English
BRN:
434503
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |