![]() ![]() 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 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 ten siblings, as she "squiddled" through their 1960s Cincinnati home. ![]() "Extraordinarily courageous chronicles her journey to fit in and thrive with bravery and wit." -O, The Oprah MagazineĪt the age of three, Eileen Cronin first realized that only she did not have legs. MERMAID: A Memoir of Resilience was chosen as one of Oprah's Best Memoirs of the Year (2014). ![]()
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