MERMAID: A MEMOIR OF RESILIENCE
Book ID/图书代码： 02330013B62958
English Summary/英文概要： A gorgeously crafted memoir about resilience, family, and forging your own way, by a woman born without legs. At three, Eileen Cronin first realized that only she did not have legs. Her boisterous Midwestern Catholic family accepted her situation as “God’s Will,” treating her no differently than her ten siblings, as she “squiddled” through their sixties, Cincinnati home. But starting school, even wearing prosthetics, she had to brave bullying and embarrassing questions. As a teen, thrilled when boys asked her out, she was confused about what sexuality meant for her. She felt most comfortable and happy relaxing and skinny dipping with her girlfriends, imagining herself “an elusive mermaid.” The cause of her disability remained taboo, however, even as she looked towards the future and the possibility of her own family. Reflecting with grace and humor on her youth, search for love, and quest for answers that pitted her against her mother – did she take the birth-defect-causing drug thalidomide? – Cronin spins a shimmering story of self-discovery and transformation. MERMAID belongs on the shelves next to Angela’s Ashes, The Glass Castle, The Road from Coorain, and The Color of Water. Eileen practices clinical psychology in Los Angeles and is an assistant editor for Narrative Magazine. Two excerpts of her Mermaid have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes, one by Slice Magazine and one by NYU’s Bellevue Literary Review.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一部一位失去双腿的女性创作的有关抗压性、家庭和自我开拓的回忆录。三岁的时候，Eileen Cronin第一次意识到只有自己是没有双腿的。她的天主教家庭认为她的状况是“上帝的旨意”，像对待其他兄弟姐妹一样对待她。但随着她进入学校，即使是戴着假肢，也免不了要面对霸凌或各种尴尬的问题。在少女时期，她害怕男生约她出去，并且完全不知道爱情对自己意味着什么。她和朋友们在一起的时候才感到最舒适，幻想自己是一条魅力四射的美人鱼。导致她残疾的原因一直是一个禁忌的问题。作者以优雅而幽默的姿态回顾了自己的少年时期，自己对爱情的追寻以及对导致自己残疾真相的探寻过程，讲述了一个有关自我发现和自我改变的动人故事。现在，她在洛杉矶从事临床心理治疗，是Narrative杂志的助理编辑。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：Cronin成功地讲述了自己与现状（及家庭现状）妥协共处的过程。过上没有秘密并充满全新体验的生活的决心显而易见。——
Cronin has managed to create a cogent account of coming to terms with her condition (and with the condition of her family). Her determination to create a life without secrecy and full of experience is evident. --Therese Nielson"
About the Author/作者介绍： Eileen Cronin，曾荣获华盛顿短篇小说写作奖，文章被收录在《最佳美国散文》中。是一位执业心理咨询师，Narrative的助理编辑，和家人住在洛杉矶。
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.
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