Aged 39, Holly Smale was a successful author – the creator of the bestselling series of children’s books, Geek Girl. One afternoon, while talking to her therapist, Holly breaks down, says she feels broken. And so begins her journey to understand why she’s always felt different to other people. The episode tracks back through Holly’s difficult childhood, her short-lived modelling career and her traumatic time at university – all the way to the moment she was diagnosed as autistic.
