Illuminated : autism and all the things I've left unsaid
Sykes, Melanie, 1970-2023
Book
Melanie Sykes has lived most of her life in the public eye. But after a lifetime of being seen - as model, chat show host and broadcaster, Melanie walked away from that career to spend her time helping others be heard, as a campaigner for women's rights and an advocate for neurodiversity. Then, at 52, Melanie got her own diagnosis of autism and it flicked a switch in her own life. It cast a new light on her own journey - from her Lancashire childhood, growing up in a musical mixed-race family, to her modelling career and ringside seat on celebrity culture as she became a star of TV and radio. But it also illuminated the other side of her story - her struggle to be heard, her heartbreaks and challenges, her self-medicating and trauma. Finally unmasking has given Melanie the courage to tell her story in her own words for the first time.
Main title:
Illuminated : autism and all the things I've left unsaid / Melanie Sykes.
Author:
Sykes, Melanie, 1970-, author
Imprint:
Manchester : HarperNorth, 2023.
Collation:
305 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780008591472 (hbk)
Dewey class:
616.858820092616.85882B SYKB/SYK616.858616.85882 SYK920 SYK
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3462924