What happens when a multi-award-winning journalist’s six-month manic writing spree lands her in the psych ward – hunting down short yellow pencils and sticky notes like they’re contraband?
You get this book.
Not a memoir. Memoir-adjacent. 250 pages of honest, unfiltered, laugh-out-loud-then-ugly-cry truth from a woman navigating daily life with a cocktail of brain hiccups – written the way a neurodivergent brain actually works. No neat chapters. No tidy bow. Just sticky notes, stubby pencils, and the stuff most people are too ashamed to say out loud.
This is a multi-layered art experience – scribbles, constellation connections, Easter eggs hidden in every illustration, fandom references, and rabbit trails that somehow all connect. Because you cannot explain a beautifully haywired mind by putting words alone on a page. Neurotypical readers may get dizzy. Neurodivergent readers will finally feel seen.
Along the way you’ll meet her Keep Calm and Carry On British husband Philip – still processing what he signed up for – her three daughters the Neurospice Girls, and be invited into her sunshine-yellow and coffee grounds kitchen where she is forever perfecting the art of pyrotechnics. Thank you, ADHD.
You are not too much. You are not failing spiritually or as a person because your brain works differently. You were never meant to do this alone.
“Honest. Insightful. Disarmingly funny.” – Deseri Cunningham, Psy.D.
“To read Amber is to know her – and to know her is to love her.” – Deborah R. Maxey, PhD, LPC, LMFT “
“Room for grace, laughter, and hope – for ourselves and those we love.” – Dr. Michelle Bengtson, board-certified clinical neuropsychologist
“An excellent (and legally questionable) prescription.” – Chris Crain, RPh – Amber’s Pharmacist
Welcome to the #sisterhoodoftheshortyellowpencils. It’s messy. So are we. Let’s laugh about it.
Author: Amber Weigand-Buckley
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Abundance Books LLC
Published: 05/05/2026
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781963377941
Language: English
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