“A Bunion?” I shriek.
“It would appear so,” answers Dr. Foster, the podiatrist referred by my HMO.
“But aren’t bunions something that old people get?”
“Usually,” he agrees. “That’s normally the case, but not always. Bunions grow after years of walking incorrectly or in some instances, not wearing the proper shoes.”
Still perplexed, I ask, “What am I doing with one then? I’m only thirty-four.”
He says that by the atypical location of my bunion, he can deduce that I have a tendency to walk on the outsides of my feet. He explains that while some people walk on the insides of their feet, giving them a knock kneed appearance, others, like myself, rotate their feet outward; causing a waddle if you will. I have a look of horror on my face when he says the word “waddle.”
But before I can form a coherent response, he continues, “The extra weight (and I’m sure that he pauses to emphasize the word) that the outside of the foot is forced to endure eventually causes it to grow an extra padding to help support the load.” Am I wrong or does he pause again when he says the word load?
Playing dumb, I ask, “And I’m getting one so young, why?”
Clearing his throat, Dr. Foster answers, “Well, a lot of it has to do with genetics and the structure of your foot.” Then he adds, “And a lot of it has to do with the extra weight (pause and meaningful look) that you’re placing on it.”
The Reinvention of Mimi Finnegan Description:
Thirty-four year old, Mimi Finnegan is the third of four daughters and in her eyes, by far, the most unremarkable. She has no singular accomplishment that can stand up to any of her sisters. And if that isn’t enough, she is the only single sibling in her family.
Mimi’s sisters decide that it’s time she gets serious about husband hunting, so they begin a campaign to find Mr. Right for her. Considering her most recent dating encounters include a night club owner who stuffs bratwurst in his pants and a WASPy trust fund baby, living happily under his mother’s thumb, Mimi is more than ready to meet THE ONE. Enter celebrated British novelist Elliot Fielding.
Sexual tension and anger heat up between the duo and it isn’t until Mimi discovers that Elliot is almost engaged to another that she realizes she is head-over-heels in love with him.
The journey will make you laugh, cry and want to pull your hair out from frustration! Mimi eventually learns that she is quite remarkable in her own right and never needed to worry that she lived in her sister’s shadows.
The Reinvention of Mimi Finnegan is the perfect laugh-out-loud, feel good book for any woman who has ever felt that she wasn’t good enough.
