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DIRTY LAUNDRY: Why adults with ADHD are so ashamed and what we can do to help

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The development of all of the complex, and incredibly flawed yet intriguing characters is what drew me in, but the heart-stopping suspense and mystery elements really impressed me, up until the last page! Sometimes you have to walk before you can run and the reassurance here is just what someone needs at the start of their path. It gives the impression that those with ADHD are second class citizens, and has an air of ownership about it. Thank you to Random House - Ballantine, Disha Bose, and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my review. But, discontent in a marriage arranged for her through her parents back in Calcutta, Mishti now raises her young daughter in a country that is too cold, among the children of her new friends who look nothing like her.

There was also a few repeating references to TikTok; if I’m going to hear about the TikTok videos you watched or filmed I’d rather just be on the app. She is married to Parth, via an arranged marriage, but they have very little in common and even though they've been married several years now, Mishti knows very little about her husband, and finds herself secretly longing for an old flame back home in Calcutta! It's clear they've both done a lot of work in therapy (separately and probably together) and they pay it forward to people (like myself) who are fresh on their journey and still processing.Dressing in long floating skirts, paired with brightly patterned blouses, Lauren doesn’t dress like the others, and her three small children happily running half naked in her yard make her the butt of cruel jokes. As someone diagnosed with ADHD in my childhood (+10yrs ago) I found this book a bit condescending to neurodivergent people. Maybe for a person/couple who is less accepting of their ADHD struggles this would be relatable and useful, but honestly to me, it read almost like a dog training book. Lauren is mostly happy, despite being outcast for her woo-woo beliefs and her kids who run naked, wild and free.

I found this book via the couple’s social media, which posts lighthearted, loving, fun and informative ADHD scenarios. If there is a lesson to be learned from the truths that come out in this wash, it is, once again, a warning of the peril that comes with comparing your interior life to others’ exterior lives. Fakt, że neurotypowa osoba bez wykształcenia psychologicznego ma tak dużo do powiedzenia o neuroróżnorodności. It's a drama about the lengths people go to prove they are happy when in reality, they are desperately in need of a dose of the truth about themselves. Her best friend, Mishti Guha, lives on the same street with the standoffish husband picked for her by her parents in Calcutta.If your or your partner’s ADHD is more at the level of annoying rather than disabling, and you just want some comic relief alongside guidance to help you navigate everyday life, this book might feel too heavy. This is not the clinical answer to what is ADHD and how to deal written by people who have studied the brain and human psychology for 50 years but never actually experienced ADHD hands on. If you're craving something along the lines of Desperate Housewives, or Big Little Lies, this one will definitely quench your thirst - I really enjoyed it! Three mothers in a small community – Ciara, Lauren and Mishti – are frenemies with plenty of secrets they don’t want revealed. Despite the fact that’s there is friendship and marriage, there’s also loneliness in places you least expect it.

Truly helpful for both those who have ADHD, and for those who want to better understand their neurodivergent loved one. Not only the side of themselves they show the world, but revealing their own hidden insecurities as well. While I could not care less about the authors their lives and whatever works for them is fine by me, but the way this book portrays ADHD is simply not true.

It’s a quick read, and I recommend it: for those with ADHD, to feel less alone; for those who love someone with ADHD, for a little peek inside their brain. I really like the couple's TikToks and find them really relatable and funny, but for some reason the book just doesn't hold up the same. Just a lot of catty back-and-forth between some mommies that disliked each other for seemingly no reason and a bunch of cheating and wishing for divorce. Mishti may be from a different continent now, but she immediately recognizes that the “rules of engagement” between women are the same in Ireland as they were back home. When she does die, I can't say that I actually cared and I'm not sure whether that was Bose's intent or not.

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