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The Honesty Box

by Lucy Brazier
A memoir of being in a relationship with someone who is neurodivergent. It's fun and enlightening, and talks of family life in Dorset as well as giving an insight into a career in the media.
The Honesty Box
by Lucy Brazier
My review:

Recognising National Divorce Day, the author and her husband, Steve, decide to break up. 

But a chance remark leads them to investigate Steve's character and behaviour and they come to understand he has ADHD and autism. It explains the depression and mood swings he has experienced which have brough such challenges in their relationship. 

As they pursue his diagnosis, they wait their time on the divorce and their teenage children also come to terms with this new 'reality'.

Lucy distracts herself by embracing life in their Devon village through setting up an honesty box selling an eclectic mix of items. And she educates herself on the concept itself, in this country and beyond. 

It's a charming read which, for me, was really a light-hearted snapshot of family and village life. 

The book is billed as being a welcome account of what it's like to live life with someone who is neurodivergent, but I didn't feel that it was particularly enlightening, nor that the diagnosis was the salvation for the relationship. But I did enjoy reading it. 

Date of my review October 2024
Book publication date: 27th February 2025