Too Close to the Falls: A Memoir

Too Close to the Falls: A Memoir

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,…

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