Too close to the falls

a memoir

by

350 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2003 by Flamingo.

ISBN:
978-0-00-715284-1
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OCLC Number:
50842725

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5 stars (1 review)

"Meet Cathy - she started full-time work at four to cure her hyperactivity. Her best friend is 30 years older and obsessed with gambling; her mother looks the part of a perfect 50s housewife but refuses to play it; while her workaholic father has been chosen by most of her class as Lewiston's present-day saint. She's met the town abortionist, delivered sleeping pills to Marilyn Monroe, stabbed the school bully with a compass and spiked her church's holy water with vodka. And she's just getting started"--Publisher's description.

4 editions

reviewed Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner

Review of 'Too Close to the Falls' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

i am in love with this book!
sure, it's odd that a child is working at the age of 4, but once i accepted her reasons for it, i went with it. i was with that character, going along, identifying primarily with her point of view. then
WHAM-O
chapter 6 hits her and i like a ton a bricks as a psychiatrist reintreprets her experiences and her environment. then i move outside the character and it all makes sense. why didn't i see it already.
it is THAT good a book; it sucks you in. you are 6. it all makes sense

Subjects

  • Social life and customs
  • Manners and customs
  • Childhood and youth
  • Biography

Places

  • New York (State)
  • Lewiston
  • Lewiston (N.Y.)