Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781626727700)

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.

Author: Shane Burcaw
ISBN-10: 1626727708
ISBN-13: 9781626727700
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2019
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.4
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511940 / Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/15/2019 pg. 46
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2019
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2019
School Library Journal 04/01/2019 pg. 97
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2019 pg. 74

About the Author
Shane Burcaw has Spinal Muscular Atrophy and a wicked sense of humor. He runs a blog about his experiences and is the founder of a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing adaptive technology to people living with muscular dystrophy. He is the author of Laughing at My Nightmare and the picture book Not So Different. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his girlfriend.