Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse

De: Shane Burcaw

Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne

With his signature acerbic wit and hilarious voice, 20-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.

©2019 Shane Burcaw (P)2019 Audible, Inc.

Great True Story

I really enjoyed Both of those auto books... The narrator read this Perfect... The ending was a little different... I hope there will be more books like this one written.

This is an excellent book

This is an excellent read if you like a good laugh and even some tears and a truly romantic story

Funny read

Wonderful book, just as good if not better than his 1st. I would recommend to any readers

THE BEST

I absolutely LOVED this book !!!! Easy to listen to and keep up with

Great book by an awesome guy.

Shane Burcaw is a great author, an excellent youtuber, and someone whose presence in my life via silly internet videos and now two books has made my life better. He always brings a smile to my face, and it has nothing to do with his SMA. Shane has such a wonderful sense of humor that leaps off the page in his books and radiates through the screen in his videos. I highly suggest this book, his first book Laughing at my Nightmare, his YouTube channel Squirmy and Grubs, and anything else he's involved in. His uplifting positivity and humor is a great distraction from all the chaos around us every day. Stop considering buying this book and just freaking do it! haha.

Loved it!

I've been watching Squirmy & Grubs on YouTube for 2 months and looked forward to reading this book. What an amazing, intelligent, compassionate - and hilarious - couple! Shane's writing is just like him - warm, self-deprecating (in a good, funny way), brutally honest and intelligent. I only wish this book had lasted many more chapters because I didn't want it to end!

Easy listen, funny light hearted but lots of drama

I have been a fan of Squirmy and Grubs YouTube channel for many years but didn’t pick up the books. Wow, very impressed. I knew Shane was quick witted but it really shines through in this book. Also very thankful to know Shane curses IRL which i suspected lol. This is a story of someone who is just realizing their place in the world and the challenges that lead to overcoming that and obviously in relation to him having SMA. Relatable on so many levels. Loved the performance as well, hard to follow Shane whose voice and delivery we know so well.

so good

even better than his first book. i so enjoy reading and listening about Shane and his life. I hope he writes another memoir soon!

This book was fantastic!

This book was fantastic! Most people should love life as fully and gratefully as Shane Burcaw. He empowered me to appreciate my life even more.

Good Stuff!

I wish it had been longer/expanded in some parts. Great perspective to help others see into the world of some with disabilities.
Im a RN, and I also provide care for those with special needs as an attendant. I laughed at some of situations because I completely understood. I was able to clearly imagine those situations, what it must feel like..
One of my patients has a different disability..Autism, with tiny bits of verbal but he generally he communicates on a small flat board that resembles a keyboard with emotions and simple words on the other side, he types and I read. We became very fluid after a year, as if I could read his mind, with mere abbreviations and sometimes even 1-3letters. Communication is a top priority and a an important tool. I do understand how others assumptions can lead to frustration, irritation and even feeling insulted at times when people think your capability with your disabilities are limited.. Clearly this book shares how false those beliefs are..
A patient I attended to.. many thought he was mentally challenged and had limited feelings or awareness based on the exterior. The inside joke, he had a full degree from a University and a hysterical sense of humor! We laughed when people thought he was stupid and his remarks were quite witty.
Moral of the story: Dont Judge a Book by its Cover! Cheezy Pun intended.