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A gorgeously constructed memoir about resilience, family, and forging your own way, by a woman born without legs. At the age of three, Eileen Cronin first noticed that only she did not have legs. Her boisterous Catholic family accepted her situation as "God's will", dealing with her no in different ways than her 10 siblings, as she "squiddled" through their 1960s Cincinnati home. However when starting school, even wearing prosthetics, Cronin needed to brave bullying and disturbing questions. Because of her elderly brother's training, she managed a classmate's playground taunts with a smack from her lunchbox. As a teenager, thrilled when boys asked her out, she was mixed up in what sexuality designed for her. She believed most comfortable and happiest enjoyable and skinny-dipping with her girlfriends, imagining herself "an elusive mermaid." The reason for her disability continued to be taboo, however, even as she searched toward the future and the probability of her own family. In old age, as her mother battled mental disorder and refused having used the drug thalidomide - known to cause birth problems - Cronin believed apart from her family. After the death of a close brother, she turned to alcoholic beverages. Eventually, however, she found the strength to set out on her own, volunteering at private hospitals and getting a PhD in professional medical mindset. Reflecting with laughter and grace on her behalf youth, search for love, and search for answers, Cronin spins a shimmering history of self-discovery and change.
