At the age of three, Eileen Cronin first realized that only she did
not have legs. Her boisterous Catholic family accepted her
situation as God s will, treating her no differently than her ten
siblings, as she squiddled through their 1960s Cincinnati home. But
starting school, even wearing prosthetics, Cronin had to brave
bullying and embarrassing questions. Thanks to her older brother s
coaching, she handled a classmate s playground taunts with a smack
from her lunchbox. As a teen, thrilled when boys asked her out, she
was confused about what sexuality meant for her. She felt most
comfortable and happiest relaxing and skinny dipping with her
girlfriends, imagining herself an elusive mermaid. The cause of her
disability remained taboo, however, even as she looked toward the
future and the possibility of her own family.
In later years, as her mother battled mental illness and denied
having taken the drug thalidomide known to cause birth defects
Cronin felt apart from her family. After the death of a close
brother, she turned to alcohol. Eventually, however, she found the
strength to set out on her own, volunteering at hospitals and
earning a PhD in clinical psychology.
Reflecting with humor and grace on her youth, search for love,
and quest for answers, Cronin spins a shimmering story of
self-discovery and transformation."
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