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Not a Poster Child

Not a Poster Child - Paperback

by Francine Falk-Allen
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Availability:In StockContributor:Francine Falk-AllenPublish date:2018-08-07Pages:376
Languages:EnglishPublisher:She Writes PressISBN-13:9781631523915ISBN-10:1631523910UPC:9781631523915Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Body, Mind & Spirit, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Inspiration & Personal Growth, People with DisabilitiesSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1Product ID:SCAC2CK287

Francine Falk-Allen was only three years old when she contracted polio and temporarily lost the ability to stand and walk. Here, she tells the story of how a toddler learned grown-up lessons too soon; a schoolgirl tried her best to be a "normie," on into young adulthood; and a woman finally found her balance, physically and spiritually. In lucid, dryly humorous prose, she also explores how her disability has affected her choices in living a fulfilling (and amusing) life in every area-relationships, career, religion (or not), athleticism, artistic expression, and aging, to name a few. A clear-eyed examination of living with a handicap, Not a Poster Child is one woman's story of finding her way to a balanced life-one with a little cheekiness and a lot of joy.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:She Writes PressISBN-13:9781631523915ISBN-10:1631523910UPC:9781631523915Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Body, Mind & Spirit, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Inspiration & Personal Growth, People with DisabilitiesSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1Product ID:SCAC2CK287
Francine Falk-Allen was born in Los Angeles and has lived nearly all of her life in northern California. As a former art major who got a BA in managerial accounting and ran her own business for thirty-three years, she has always craved creative outlets. Over the years, this has taken the form of singing and recording with various groups, painting, and writing songs, poetry, and essays, some of which have been published. Falk-Allen facilitates a polio survivors' group in Marin County, and also a Meetup writing group, Just Write Marin County. She was the polio representative interviewed in a PBS/Nobel Prize Media film, The War Against Microbes. Falk-Allen resides in Marin County with her husband, Richard Falk. She loves mystery, and historical novels, and captivating biography and memoir, movies, music, pool exercise, the outdoors, travel, hanging out with good friends, lots of British tea, and a little champagne now and then.
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