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Mermaid by Eileen Cronin5/18/2023 ![]() She felt most comfortable and happiest relaxing and skinny-dipping with her girlfriends, imagining herself "an elusive mermaid." As a teen, thrilled when boys asked her out, she was confused about what sexuality meant for her. Thanks to her older brother's coaching, she handled a classmate's playground taunts with a smack from her lunchbox. But when starting school, even wearing prosthetics, Cronin had to brave bullying and embarrassing questions. Her boisterous Catholic family accepted her situation as "God's will", treating her no differently than her 10 siblings, as she "squiddled" through their 1960s Cincinnati home. ![]() ![]() A gorgeously crafted memoir about resilience, family, and forging your own way, by a woman born without legs.Īt the age of three, Eileen Cronin first realized that only she did not have legs. ![]()
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