Brilliant book! Absolutely loved it!

An honest and incredibly funny portrayal, highly recommend! Could not stop listening to it. Looking forward to the next one.

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laugh a minute

Shane is fabulous with his words and you can't help but find enjoyment as he reminisces his childhood memories. such a feel good book

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Shane's Story is both inspiring and hilarious !

I found Shane Burcaw's book via watching him and his girlfriend on their you tube
Channel 'Squirmy and Grubs' which is also totally awesome. Shane is a great example of Laughter being the best medicine. Teaching us all to try and find humour even through adversity. Even with a life full of challenges life can still be
Beautiful and Shane is great at reminding us all to make the most of every
moment and to laugh even when we feel like crying and have others laugh
along with us.
As someone suffering from chronic illness I totally agree life is so much
easier to cope with, with a smile on your face ! Sometimes you've just got
to Laugh 😃
Awesome book Shane, it did not disappoint.

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absolute pleasure to listen to

loved the whole thing, only wish it was longer. the book is honest, educational, insightful but above all hilarious.

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Awful & Awesome at the same time

A touching, brutally direct and (I can hardly believe I’m writing this) yes, hilariously funny book written with complete honesty about living a full life with a merciless neuromuscular disease. Shane Bercow’s completely candid and irreverent approach had me gasping in shock one moment and laughing out loud (in public) the next. I recommend this book to anyone looking to understand the perspective of those living with degenerative diseases as offering the unvarnished truth of their experience.

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Dear Shane

If only you narrated it yourself while cry laughing at your own jokes. All the best!

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Loved this book, can't wait for the next book!

I originally found out about this guy on YouTube and immediately started following him, I loved watching his videos and seeing what he was up to in his life. I found him very inspiring and as soon as I found out he was an author and wrote some of his own books about his life I really wanted to read them. I was delighted when I saw Audible had his first book as I really need my books in a listening format due to my health, I was sad to see his second book wasn't available yet as I was very eager to read that one too. I'm just hoping as they have the first book that Audible will get the second book soon!

It did take me a while to get used to the narrator though, and its nothing against the narrator either as I think he is great. It's just I had recently listened to all of Miss Peregrines Peculiar Children audiobooks, of which he is the narrator so when I heard his voice as Shane in this book it took a while to get used too (because to me I connected his voice with the main character Jake in the other books I mentioned and often he sounds exactly like him). After a while though I did get used to it and I do think he is a perfect choice for this book :-) and for that I hope if they've done the second book in listening form they've kept with the same narrator as it would be strange to change that now. I think the only other better choice would of been Shane himself but I know thats not always possible and a huge undertaking, it's not to say that if a version like that became available I wouldn't buy it in a heartbeat though :-) as I already own a few books read by different narrators and each one can bring something different to the story/book.

I throughly enjoyed this book and as someone with a long term health condition that leaves me severely disabled there was a lot I could relate too, and in a way that was comforting as I knew I wasn't the only one feeling that way. I think anyone could enjoy this true story no matter what their circumstances are and get a lot out of it :-) so I would highly recommend it to everyone.

Audible if your reading this, please add his newest book to your catalogue as soon as you can as I'm desperate to read/listen to that one too. Thanks also for sharing books like this too, as I think his story is an important one to share and it's great to have access to it. Thank you!

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Laughing at Shane's nightmare

Disappointed it wasnt read in Shane's own voice. but he would probably struggle with that. So 90/100

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Just brilliant

Can not recommend the book highly enough! Funny and informative. Cleverly written. More please. What a fantastic author

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amazing book

Really loved this book. We should all learn from Shane: amazing human being. book very well written. looking forward to read the next one

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