biKirkus Reviewsi' Best Books of 2018 Living Now Book Awards Gold Medal for Inspirational Memoir--Female 2018 Sarton Women's Book Awards Silver Medal in Memoirb 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, emNot a Poster Childem is one woman's story of finding her way to a balanced life--one with a little cheekiness and a lot of joy.