{"id":1152,"date":"2017-09-06T07:35:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T11:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/2017\/09\/new-life-no-instructions-a-memoir\/"},"modified":"2018-07-02T07:54:27","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T11:54:27","slug":"new-life-no-instructions-a-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/09\/new-life-no-instructions-a-memoir\/","title":{"rendered":"New Life, No Instructions: A Memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Gail Caldwell<\/span> – Random House, 2014<\/em> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

What do you do when your story changes at midlife? That\u2019s what Gail Caldwell asked herself in 2011 as she faced major surgery with a long recovery and uncertain outcome. Never married, Caldwell was approaching 60 with no children\u2014but with a young, active dog.In this memoir, Caldwell recalls how she drew strength from a lifetime of overcoming the challenges of disease and addiction. A polio survivor, she hoped this surgery would alleviate chronic pain and possibly lengthen her right leg, which was an inch and a half shorter than her left. The \u201cfamily\u201d she created for herself over the years surrounded her during recovery. Her Samoyed, Tula\u2014with her live-in-the-moment canine ways\u2014inspired Caldwell to get back on her feet and out to the dog park, where she experienced life from a new vantage point, pain-free. This is a reminder of how a fighting spirit, a solid social network and a good dog can make all the difference in life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What do you do when your story changes at midlife? That\u2019s what Gail Caldwell asked herself in 2011 as she faced major surgery with a long recovery and uncertain outcome.<\/p>\n

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