01577cam a2200301 i 4500 239170741 TxAuBib 20150809120000.0 130516s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013015486 9781400069545 hbk. : alk. paper 1400069548 hbk. : alk. paper TxAuBib rda Caldwell, Gail, 1951- New life, no instructions : a memoir / Gail Caldwell. First edition. New York : Random House, [2014] 164 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Pulitizer Prize winner Gail Caldwell pens a memoir on how seemingly faint winds can blow us wildly off course; on how spending time with a beloved animal can benefit our basic humanity; and on what it means to overcome, at middle age, a multitude of blows. Caldwell had contracted polio as a child, and as she matured it reduced her walk to a painful limp. When a new doctor said she needed a hip replacement-- and that her leg could be lengthened-- she no longer saw her body in decline and realized she could live pain free. She describes how the resulting rehabilitation opened up a world of understanding, possibility, and connection. 20150809. Caldwell, Gail 1951- Journalists United States Biography. Critics United States Biography.