Mathony

What does it feel like to spend decades not knowing why your brain works differently from everyone else's - and then finally have a name for it? In Mathony, Deb Shaw gives voice to Kassandra Paidi Kanenos, a Gen-X woman who grew up in an era when autism was dismissed as a boys' condition and ADHD was blamed on too much sugar and not enough prayer. Long before anyone handed her a diagnosis, Kassandra was simply a girl trying to survive - a chaotic childhood marked by abandonment, fear, favoritism, and the kind of family trauma that leaves invisible scars. Told with raw honesty, dark humor, and the unfiltered directness of someone who has spent a lifetime being misunderstood, Mathony is part confession, part survival guide, and part love letter to every neurodivergent person who has ever felt unseen. Kassandra's story weaves together vivid sense-memories, generational dysfunction, and hard-won self-awareness to illuminate what it truly means to navigate the world with AuDHD - before anyone even knew that word existed. Whether you are neurodivergent yourself or love someone who is, this book will challenge the way you communicate, the way you listen, and the way you see the people around you. Are you ready to peek inside?