High Energy Unpleasant

Fern Brady''s debut novel explores bodily autonomy, medical misogyny and the repercussions of what happens when your internal world is suffocated. It questions who owns our bodies - if we don''t? M is a woman suffering with chronic pain. She has been for as long as she can remember. No one can see it. So, no one believes it. Desperately seeking relief for the pain no one wants to treat she turns to a series of increasingly unorthodox treatments to find a cure.

About the author

Fern Brady is a woman. She is also autistic. She was born in Scotland (no, not Glasgow). She has no presets for being a 'good woman' - she never hated her body or indulged in messy millennial shame. She now lives out of wedlock in London. She has zero children.

Fern's caustic wit, exceptional writing and electric stage craft has made her one of the UK's hottest comedy stars. As seen on Live from the BBC, Live from the Comedy Store, The Russell Howard Hour, and Live at the Apollo. She's had viral success with her BBC Life Lessons and supported Frankie Boyle and Katherine Ryan on tour. She can currently be seen on Taskmaster on Channel 4.

Product details

• Authors: Fern Brady
• Publisher: Conran Octopus Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 04.06.2026
• EAN: 9781840918687
• ISBN: 978-1-84091-868-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Narrative theme: Interior life, Fiction: general and literary, FICTION / Feminist, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary