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''Are you going to be a good boy this year?'
'Uh huh. I have no interest in toilet humour.'
'You don't?'
'No. No interest at all. I mean, I think it's funny when, in The Bad Book, Terence takes off all his clothes. And when Horrid Henry shows his undies. But I would think to myself, That is something I should not do.'
'Good.'
Between juggling work, joint custody and the ordinary demands of motherhood, Jo tries to work out why her son Leo is finding it hard to fit in at school. Is it because he's an only child? Could he be gifted?
When Leo is diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, Jo tries to figure out what it means - and whether Leo's similarities to herself, and her own family, have a deeper significance.
Trapped in a cycle of doubt and discovery, she wonders how you can stay true to who you are and fit in. What the hell is 'normal' anyway? This is the bittersweet story of a twenty-first-century family, and why being different isn't a disability-it just takes some getting used to.'
(Publisher's blurb)
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Works about this Work
- y Boomer & Me by Jo Case Melbourne : CAE Book Group , 2014 9282397 2014 single work criticism
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Troubled Son Prompts Maternal Reflection
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 May 2013; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Boomer & Me : A Memoir of Motherhood and Asperger's 2013 single work autobiography -
An Asperger's Memoir
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 351 2013;
— Review of Boomer & Me : A Memoir of Motherhood and Asperger's 2013 single work autobiography -
Mums Explore Full Spectrum
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 27-28 April 2013; (p. 20-21) -
Jo Case Boomer & Me : A Memoir of Motherhood, and Asperger's
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , April 2013;
— Review of Boomer & Me : A Memoir of Motherhood and Asperger's 2013 single work autobiography
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Jo Case Boomer & Me : A Memoir of Motherhood, and Asperger's
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , April 2013;
— Review of Boomer & Me : A Memoir of Motherhood and Asperger's 2013 single work autobiography -
An Asperger's Memoir
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 351 2013;
— Review of Boomer & Me : A Memoir of Motherhood and Asperger's 2013 single work autobiography -
Troubled Son Prompts Maternal Reflection
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 May 2013; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Boomer & Me : A Memoir of Motherhood and Asperger's 2013 single work autobiography -
Individuals Beyond Labels
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 July 2013; (p. 33) The Age , 13 July 2013; (p. 29) The Canberra Times , 13 July 2013; (p. 22)
— Review of Boomer & Me : A Memoir of Motherhood and Asperger's 2013 single work autobiography -
Hot Reads
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 December 2013; (p. 18-19)
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Mums Explore Full Spectrum
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier Mail , 27-28 April 2013; (p. 20-21) - y Boomer & Me by Jo Case Melbourne : CAE Book Group , 2014 9282397 2014 single work criticism
Awards
- 2015 shortlisted Russell Prize for Humour Writing