Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse
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Shane Burcaw
With his signature wit, twenty-something author, blogger, and entrepreneur Shane Burcaw is back with an essay collection about living a full life in a body that many people perceive as a tragedy. From anecdotes about first introductions where people patted him on the head instead of shaking his hand, to stories of passersby mistaking his able-bodied girlfriend for a nurse, Shane tackles awkward situations and assumptions with humor and grace. On the surface, these essays are about day-to-day life as a wheelchair user with a degenerative disease, but they are actually about family, love, and coming of age.Shane Burcaw is one half of the hillarious YouTube duo, Squirmy and Grubs, which he runs with his girlfriend, now fiancee, Hannah Aylward.
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Author
Shane Burcaw
Pages
256
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Published Date
2019-04-30
ISBN
1626727694 9781626727694
Ratings
Google: 4
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"Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse by Shane Burcaw is a series of essays detailing his life with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. In this collection he talks of how the general public treat him because of his disability, the amount of daily care he needs, his feelings about his disability along with how he copes, and his Hope's and fears. <br/><br/>This collection is a mix of hilarious, frustrating, anger inducing, sad, and hopeful. The author makes you feel as though your sitting at your favorite coffeeshop and he's telling you these stories over a good latte. As someone who uses a wheelchair full time, there was a lot in here that is relatable, whether its stories about accessibility or the issues with your significant other being your caregiver. Whether you have a disability or not, this is very much worth reading!"
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Chris Hicks