Too Close to the Falls: A Memoir

by Catherine Gildiner

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ISBN-10: 1-55022-396-8

ISBN-13: 978-1-55022-396-5

5.5 x 8.5 in, 350pp, paperback

$18.95 CAD

October 1999

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Heartbreaking and wicked: a memoir of stunning beauty and remarkable grace. Improbable friendships and brushes with death. A schoolgirl affecting the course of aboriginal politics. Elvis and cocktails and Catholicism and the secrets buried deep beneath a place that may be another, undiscovered Love Canal – Lewiston, New York. Too Close to the Falls is an exquisite, haunting return, through time and memory, to the heart of Catherine Gildiner’s childhood.

And what a childhood it was …

Mar 22

Hi my name is mary moloney

Hi my name is mary moloney and "Too close to the falls is one of if not the best books I have ever read. I had my book club read it and they to loved it! I've been waiting eagerly to see her next book come out but which would be part 2 of her life but it can't be out and I'm hoping she didn't shelve it.
I am a Torontonian but moved around Ontario with my kids and husband and lived in St. Catharines twice as my husband worked for IBM (I've been moved)Lewiston conjures up wonderful memories for me and I sooo love the book. I've got my fingers crossed!!!

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Jun 17

Jen from ECW

Hi Mary, we're glad Too Close to the Falls spoke to you! If you haven't found out already, Random House is publishing the sequel to Too Close this October. It's called After the Falls, and focuses on Cathy's life from ages 13-21. http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307398222. ECW will also be publishing an updated edition for the 10th anniversary of its first printing.

Submitted by Jen from ECW (not verified) on Wed, 2009-06-17 12:58.

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