Bibliograph

Strangers assume my girlfriend is my nurse, Shane Burcaw

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Strangers assume my girlfriend is my nurse, Shane Burcaw

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrationsphotographs

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Strangers assume my girlfriend is my nurse

Responsibility statement

Shane Burcaw

Summary

With his signature acerbic wit and hilarious voice, 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

Target audience

adolescent

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Creator