{"product_id":"9780008591472","title":"Illuminated : Autism \u0026 All the Things I'Ve Left Unsaid","description":"\u003cp\u003eMelanie Sykes has been a face on our screens, a voice on our radios for nearly thirty years. As a presenter and broadcaster people turned to her for her humour, her honesty and insight. But between all the interviews and chat shows, is a life unseen, a story unsaid.             Her journey - from up north to down south, from Manchester to LA and via London, Paris and India, and through the eye of the storm of celebrity culture is a rollercoaster ride. Sex, drugs and rock and roll, certainly, but also brass bands and ice cream vans, broken hearts and healing adventures - a search not for fame but for freedom.             Her autism diagnosis in midlife has supercharged that journey - and means this isn't a story just of breakdown, but of breakthrough. Funny, furious and gloriously frank, this is a book that lifts the lid on being a woman in the media, navigating relationships, and being a neurodivergent person speaking up in a neurotypical world. Illuminated is Melanie, in her own inimitable voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45459937525981,"sku":"9780008591472","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780008591472.jpg?v=1720006261","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780008591472","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}