Preface. 1. Introduction How to Catch an Aspie: A Fishing Tale. 2. The Glove that Fits: A Tale of Aspie Courting. 3. The Naming of Herscue and Jomphrey: A Tale of Baptism. 4. An Aspie Emerges: A Tale of Cracks. 5. An Aspie Diagnosis: A Tale of a Room Elephant. 6. The Man Who Times Forgot: A Tales of Aspie Navigation. 7. Aspie Organisation: A Tale of Filling the Boxes. 8. Rituals and Routines: A Tale of the Compulsive, the Disturbing and the Bizarre. 9. Sensory Integration: A Tale of Aspie Calibration. 10. A Touch of Tourette's: A Tales of Aspie Sound Seeking. 11. A Cast of Thousands: A Tale of Aspie Identity Crisis. 12. Tennis for One: A Tale of Aspie Communication. 13. Aspie Expectations: A Tale of Walls and Broken Pedestals. 14. 'In-to-me-you-see': A Tale of Aspie Bedtime Shenanigans. 15. The Twitch: A Tale of Near Aspie Murder. 16. Jomphrey and Humphrey: Tales of an Aspie Father. 17. One Foot In and One Foot Out: A Tale of Aspie Hokey Pokey. 18. Aspie Transitions: Tales from a Tardis. 19. Four Seasons in One Day: A Tale of Aspie Feelings. 20. There She Blows: A Tale of Battening down the Hatches. 21. An Asperger's and Coke Please: A Tale of Substance Use. 22. Holding back the Floodgates: A Tale of Aspie Armour. 23. My Aspie Vulnerability: A Tale of a Hole and a Plug. 24. Living Beyond the Bell Curve: A Tale of Mourning. 25. Getting the Aspie off my Chest: A Tale of Head Banging and Patch-working. 26. Gifts from an Aspie: A Tale of Silver Linings.
After 25 years of marriage to a man with Asperger Syndrome (ASD), 'Herscue Bergenstreiml' has more than a few tales to tell
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.
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 imagine Aspies and their partners over the world
knowingly nodding their heads. Clinicians alike would gain a deeper
understanding of what really goes on inside a marriage where one
person has Asperger's Syndrome.
*Eva Mendes, Asperger/autism specialist, couples counselor, and
author of 'Marriage and Lasting Relationships with Asperger’s
Syndrome: Successful Strategies for Couples and Counselors'*
The tale of Herscue and Jomphrey is not a tale of woe. It is a tale
of hope, patience and commitment. Reading this book made me laugh,
hold my breath in disbelief and nod my head in agreement.
Bergenstreiml tells the story of her marriage to a very different
and highly intelligent man with Asperger Syndrome. Their story is
unique and unlike any that I have read; it is a joy to be able to
share it with them. A must-have read for anyone seeking to develop
a better understanding of AS/NT relationships.
*Maxine Aston, counsellor, supervisor and author of 'The Other Half
of Asperger Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder)'*
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