Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner

Each chapter of Gildiner’s memoir chronicles a thoroughly readable adventure that never quite turns out as expected, thanks to Gildiner’s outsized, take-charge personality.īut while Gildiner’s stories of the tumultuous America of the ’60s are entertaining, the tragic and complex relationships in her life are what make this book most memorable. “I swear to you, 75 percent of my life was eating pizza and watching The Late Show,” insists author Catherine Gildiner, “But these big things happened in between.” From the Women’s Movement to Vietnam and Civil Rights protests, the “big things” that made up the political and social landscape of the ’60s provide the backdrop for Gildiner’s coming-of-age memoir, After the Falls, the page-turning sequel to her New York Times bestseller, Too Close to the Falls. “I love writing memoir because whatever happened happened.

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Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner