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MERMAID: A Memoir of Resilience was chosen as one of Oprah’s Best Memoirs of the Year (2014). and “Extraordinarily courageous; [Cronin] chronicles her journey to fit in and thrive with bravery and wit. and ” –O, The Oprah MagazineAt the age of three, Eileen Cronin first realized that only she did not have legs. Her boisterous Catholic family accepted her situation as and “God’s will, and ” treating her no differently than her ten siblings, as she and “squiddled and ” 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 and “an elusive mermaid. and ” 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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• Full Book Name: Mermaid: A Memoir of Resilience
• Author Name: Eileen Cronin
• Book Genre: Autobiography, Biography, Biography Memoir, Disability, Memoir, Mental Health, Nonfiction
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• ISBN #: 9780393350746
• ASIN #: 0393350746
• Edition Language: English
• Date of Publication: January 20, 2014
• File Name: Mermaid_-_Eileen_Cronin.epub, Mermaid_-_Eileen_Cronin.pdf
• EPUB Size: 780 KB
• PDF Size: 1.6 MB

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