And so here is my review of Laura James’ book Odd Girl Out, which is one of the books I’ve escaped to during this strange time in history. She will shake her head woefully and put things to right, as she puts all the bad people in a corner and tells them to think about what they have done and how they can effect change to make it better. I believe there is a great-granny of the earth, who will take up her mending and stitch up the chaos. It’s escapism too and it’s a part of my routine that not even a pandemic can ruin. Reading excites neural pathways, heightens connectivity in the left temporal cortex, and lessens my insomnia. Odd Girl Out gives a timely account from a woman negotiating the autistic spectrum, from a poignant and personal perspective.“Situations I can’t control and events I can’t predict confuse me, whether they are negative or positive” Laura Jamesīook Review by Kimberly Gerry Tucker of Odd Girl Out by Laura James (2018, Seal Press, Hachette Book Group) Laura draws on her professional and personal experiences and reflects on her life in the light of her diagnosis, which for her explains some of her differences why, as a child, she felt happier spinning in circles than standing still and why she has always found it difficult to work in places with a lot of ambient noise.Īlthough this is a personal story, the book has a wider focus too, exploring reasons for the lower rate of diagnosed autism in women and a wide range of topics including eating disorders and autism, marriage and motherhood. This book tracks the year of Laura's life after she receives a definitive diagnosis from her doctor, as she learns that 'different' doesn't need to mean 'less' and how there is a place for all of us, and it's never too late to find it. Laura James found out that she was autistic as an adult, after she had forged a career for herself, married twice and raised four children. What do you do when you wake up in your mid-forties and realize you've been living a lie your whole life? Do you tell? Or do you keep it to yourself?
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