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When Herscue Met Jomphrey and Other Tales from an Aspie Marriage
Herscue Bergenstreiml
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Description for When Herscue Met Jomphrey and Other Tales from an Aspie Marriage
Paperback. H-E-R-S-C-U-E: pronounced like the high-pitched sound a dolphin makes with "eeer-keee" sandwiched in the middle. Being baptised Herscue by her Asperger's husband Jomphrey is just one of a collection of tales presented in this frank memoir on the ups, downs, and idiosyncrasies of an Aspie marriage. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MJNA; VFJD; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 35. Weight in Grams: 368.
"I knew this guy was out of the square. He was so far out, he was in the hexagonal prism that was past the triangle next to the square."
When the author met her future husband, she was instantly charmed by his intensity, wacky conversation choices, and innate desire to create peculiar names. Seventeen years, one wedding, one baby and several adopted names later, it began to dawn on 'Herscue' that family jokes about her husband having Asperger's Syndrome may be closer to the truth than she had first imagined.
Filled with moving and hilarious tales, one ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849056960
SKU
V9781849056960
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Herscue Bergenstreiml
Herscue Bergenstreiml has been married for 25 years to a man who identifies as Asperger's. She currently works as a Family Services Coordinator and lives in Queensland, Australia, with her husband and daughter.
Reviews for When Herscue Met Jomphrey and Other Tales from an Aspie Marriage
When Herscue Met Jomphrey is a quirky, delightful, sometimes painful, darkly humorous account of a neurodiverse marriage. Narrating what it's like to live with an idiosyncratic Aspie husband, with unparalleled precision, insight and perfect timing, the book reads like the material of a standup comic! As entertaining as a popular novel, with the bittersweet pathos of film noir, I can ... Read more