Too Close to the Falls - A Memoir (Paperback, Reader's Guide/Study ed.)

Welcome to the childhood of Catherine McClure Gildiner. It is the mid-1950s in Lewiston, New York, a sleepy town near Niagara Falls. Divorce is unheard of, mothers wear high heels to the beauty salon, and television has only just arrived.

At the tender age of four, Cathy accompanies Roy, the deliveryman at her father's pharmacy, on his routes. She shares some of their memorable deliveries-sleeping pills to Marilyn Monroe (in town filming Niagara), sedatives to Mad Bear, a violent Tuscarora chief, and fungus cream to Warty, the gentle operator of the town dump. As she reaches her teenage years, Cathy's irrepressible spirit spurs her from dangerous sled rides that take her "too close to the Falls" to tipsy dances with the town priest.

General

Imprint:	Penguin USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2002
First published:	February 2002
Authors:	Catherine Gildiner
Dimensions:	186 x 139 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	400
Edition:	Reader's Guide/Study ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-200040-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-14-200040-X
Barcode:	9780142000403

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