This would be a great addition to a class on medical humanities, narrative medicine, or more generally creative nonfiction. I was grateful for the writer's close and up front look at autism as so often books focused on autism look from the outside in, at the people only as patients. This other new viewpoint given here is essential.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.
I always look forward to reading books written by adults who have recently been diagnosed as Autistic. I am one of those late diagnoses women and I can relate to a lot of things in this book. A diagnostic label is r for everyone but for me, it was extremely validating.
This book is well written. She tells her story with honesty and doesn't hold back the tough aspects, especially when she becomes a mom.

Too relatable. This memoir was the mirror I needed, as it reflected back so much of my experience -from sensory issues, social anxiety, and communication challenges. I loved that Marian articulated how an adult diagnosis can give you an entirely new paradigm to view your life, along with the liberation and relief it brings. She also incorporated a lot of research and reporting that I found illuminating. Recommended for all the awkward, clumsy, girls who talk too much or not enough or at the wrong time or just recite Taylor Swift lyrics or Simpsons quotes in lieu of actual conversation and suspect their might be something more at work.