Strong Female Character | Fern BradyIf you've ever been on a night out where you got blackout drunk and have laughed the next day as your friends tell you all the stupid stuff you said, that's what being autistic feels like for me: one long blackout night of drinking, except there's no socially sanctioned excuse for your gaffes and no one is laughing. 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

and the battles that are still to be waged

Their murderer was never identified

Rod Campbell's classic lift-the-flap book Dear Zoo has been a firm favourite with toddlers and parents alike ever since it was first published in 1982

My name is Gary

Larkin's body know more than they're telling

Along the way to save Gio

and the messy dynamics of privilege

He has been on a journey of bravery to get here

In Before the Coffee Gets Cold

the four Padavano girls bring loving chaos to their close-knit Italian American neighbourhood

Despite making up less than one per cent of the country's population

the first time they truly embrace themself