Diagnosis Normal
Living with abuse, undiagnosed autism, and COVID-grade crazy
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2022
Summary
‘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 ba…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761044113 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761044117 |
| Author: | Emma A. Jane |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Ebury Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2022 |
| Weight: | 462g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 155mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Emma A. Jane
Emma A. Jane - formerly published as Emma Tom - is an Associate Professor at UNSW Sydney. Her research specialties are diverse and include gender, misogyny on the internet, the future of work, and the social and ethical impacts of emerging technology. She has presented the findings of her research to the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Australian government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency, and the Festival of Dangerous Ideas at the Sydney Opera House. Prior to her career in academia, Emma spent nearly 25 years working in the print, broadcast, and electronic media. Over the course of her working life, she has received multiple awards and prizes for her scholarly work, her journalism, and her fiction. This is her eleventh book. On the weekends, she makes GIFs of her dogs, fools around with Excel macros, and reads books about how to read books by Wittgenstein. She really is quite the nerd.
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