Travels With My Teddy Bear is the fascinating record of Debra Schiman's journeys, undertaken with her beloved teddy Bearsac, through the familiar cities of Europe and regions as remote as China and Mongolia. It is both a travelogue that expounds the joys and problems of voyaging through different countries and cultures, and an illustration of the highs and lows of Asperger's Syndrome, a condition characterized by issues with social and communication skills, but also by such strengths as logic, focus and loyalty. In combining the two topics, Schiman demonstrates how our perceptions of people are so often culture-specific, and shows how the challenges particular to travel can affect those whose minds are wired a little differently from the so-called 'norm'.
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By Cidertommy
Format:Paperback
I had the pleasure of meeting Debra and Bearsac on my train a just over a month a go and bought a signed copy there and then.
Debra has Aspeger's Syndrome however this is not a "wo is me" tale but a frank and honest and very very funny travelogue of her travels alone (well apart from Bearsac) around the globe.
It is a fascinating insight into the cultures of the many varied countries both in Western and Eastern Europe, Mongolia, the Far East and Russia. I guarantee it will make you laugh out loud many times and the style means it is a great book for the train/bus/lunch break as the chapters are broken into many separate paragraphs.
Check out Bearsac's website for more details of Debra and her bear (great photos of him with many many celebs and on their travels.
Definitely worth a read and if you see them about don't be all British and reserved but stop and say hi....plus have some sweets ready!
Debra has Aspeger's Syndrome however this is not a "wo is me" tale but a frank and honest and very very funny travelogue of her travels alone (well apart from Bearsac) around the globe.
It is a fascinating insight into the cultures of the many varied countries both in Western and Eastern Europe, Mongolia, the Far East and Russia. I guarantee it will make you laugh out loud many times and the style means it is a great book for the train/bus/lunch break as the chapters are broken into many separate paragraphs.
Check out Bearsac's website for more details of Debra and her bear (great photos of him with many many celebs and on their travels.
Definitely worth a read and if you see them about don't be all British and reserved but stop and say hi....plus have some sweets ready!
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