This is a memoir that makes the world seem fresh again, and worthwhile. Himmies and shakes with Gildiner's hilarious antics!Her writing sparkles on the page and the episodes she recounts have the clarity of ice after a winter storm in Lewiston. Against a vivid backdrop, she brings into focus those moments when the child's world and the adult world intersect, when illusions are shattered and understanding begins. Her prose is intensely colorful, like a concentrate, but never overwhelming or laborious in its details. It still takes a gifted writer to translate the past into a work of art, and Gildiner is a gifted writer. The combination is altogether compelling I cannot recommend this book highly enough! A fascinating childhood is no guarantee of a fascinating memoir. ( From the publisher.)īoth funny and true, TCTTF depicts the formative years of an extraordinary child, but it also captures the essence of childhood itself. She lives in Toronto with her husband and three sons. She writes a monthly advice column for Chatelaine, a popular Canadian magazine, and contributes regularly to countless other Canadian newspapers and magazines. Currently-lives in Toronto, Ontario, CanadaĬatherine Gildiner has been in private practice in clinical psychology 20 years.M.A., English, University of Toronto M.A. Education-B.A., Ohio State University Oxford University (UK).And what a childhood it was! ( From the publisher.) Too Close to the Falls is an exquisite, haunting return, through time and memory, to the heart of Catherine Gildiner’s childhood.

Elvis and cocktails and Catholicism and the secrets buried deep beneath a place that may be another, undiscovered Love Canal-Lewiston, New York. A schoolgirl affecting the course of aboriginal politics. Improbable friendships and brushes with death. Heartbreaking and wicked: a memoir of stunning beauty and remarkable grace.

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