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Mermaid: A Memoir of Resilience

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Description for Mermaid: A Memoir of Resilience Paperback. A gorgeously crafted memoir about resilience, family, and forging your own way, by a woman born without legs. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BM; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.

At the age of three, Eileen Cronin first realised 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. 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 ... Read more

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 humour 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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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393350746
SKU
V9780393350746
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Eileen Cronin
Eileen Cronin won the Washington Writing Prize in Short Fiction and had a notable essay in Best American Essays. A practicing psychologist, she is an assistant editor for Narrative and lives with her family in Los Angeles.

Reviews for Mermaid: A Memoir of Resilience
"Extraordinarily courageous; [Cronin] chronicles her journey to fit in and thrive with bravery and wit."
O, The Oprah Magazine "Compelling... [Cronin’s] grit, grace, and optimism are a lesson to anyone confronted by a severe challenge..."
The Washington Post "Mermaid is studded with searing moments…"
The Boston Globe

Goodreads reviews for Mermaid: A Memoir of Resilience


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