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Catherine Gildiner


In 1999 Catherine Gildiner published her first book, a humorous memoir of her childhood called Too Close to the Falls. The story is told through the eyes of young Cathy McClure (Gildiner) who, at the age of four, is put to work assisting the delivery man who works for her father’s pharmacy, in order to curb what the local pediatrician considers her hyperactivity. Gildiner was prompted to write the book after a friend kept bugging her to write down all the crazy stories she had from her childhood — even though Gildiner thought her upbringing quite ordinary. After writing the first...

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Seduction
Written by Catherine Gildiner

eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-307-36924-6 (0-307-36924-2)

May 21, 2010 | $21.00

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Seduction
Written by Catherine Gildiner

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307369246
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During her decade in prison, Kate Fitzgerald has learned a few things. The best way to survive is to absorb yourself in your own world. Never make eye contact with your fellow inmates. And the last person you can trust is your prison psychiatrist - not only is he likely to...

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After the Falls
Written by Catherine Gildiner

Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Vintage Canada | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography - Literary
978-0-307-39823-9 (0-307-39823-4)

April 27, 2010 | $22.00

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After the Falls
Written by Catherine Gildiner

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307398239
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Catherine Gildiner recounts her remarkable coming-of-age in the 1960s with the same wit, candour and exhilarating storytelling that has made Too Close to the Falls a modern classic.

When Cathy McClure is thirteen years old, her parents make the bold decision to move to suburban Buffalo in hopes that it will help...

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After the Falls
Written by Catherine Gildiner

eBook | pages | Knopf Canada | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography - Literary
978-0-307-37302-1 (0-307-37302-9)

October 6, 2009 | $32.95

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After the Falls
Written by Catherine Gildiner

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307373021
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Catherine Gildiner recounts her remarkable coming-of-age in the 1960s with the same wit, candour and exhilarating storytelling that has made Too Close to the Falls a modern classic.

When Cathy McClure is thirteen years old, her parents make the bold decision to move to suburban Buffalo in hopes that it will help...

Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.

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After the Falls
Written by Catherine Gildiner

Hardcover | 368 pages | Knopf Canada | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography - Literary
978-0-307-39822-2 (0-307-39822-6)

October 6, 2009 | $32.95

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After the Falls
Written by Catherine Gildiner

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307398222
Our Price: $32.95
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Catherine Gildiner recounts her remarkable coming-of-age in the 1960s with the same wit, candour and exhilarating storytelling that has made Too Close to the Falls a modern classic.

When Cathy McClure is thirteen years old, her parents make the bold decision to move to suburban Buffalo in hopes that it will help...

Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.

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Seduction
Written by Catherine Gildiner

Trade Paperback | 496 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-676-97654-0 (0-676-97654-9)

November 29, 2005 | $21.00

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Seduction
Written by Catherine Gildiner

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780676976540
Our Price: $21.00
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During her decade in prison, Kate Fitzgerald has learned a few things. The best way to survive is to absorb yourself in your own world. Never make eye contact with your fellow inmates. And the last person you can trust is your prison psychiatrist - not only is he likely to...

Also available as an eBook.

              
              



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