![]() ![]() Despite her physical challenges and the fact that her mother would be diagnosed with mental illness, Cronin still managed to have a relatively normal adolescence, which included parties, boyfriends and a healthy dose of sexual experimentation. She wore prosthetic legs but discovered that she would have to fight to win other people’s acceptance. That all changed when she entered school. ![]() When she asked why, her Catholic mother would say that it was because God had chosen her “to carry the cross.” Yet none of the other members of her family ever treated her as though she were different. ![]() A clinical psychologist’s memoir about how she uncovered the truth behind the family secret that surrounded her disability.Ĭronin was just 3 years old when she realized that while her siblings had “two legs and a bunch of toes,” her own body ended at the knees. ![]()
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