Its 1960 and twelve-year-old Cathy McClure has just been thrown out of. As candid and compelling as Mary Karr's The Liars' Club and Jeanette Walls's The Glass Castle, After the Falls is an irresistible account of one girl's comingof-age during a tumultuous era and the moving tale of a rebellious spirit learning what it means to be a daughter. The vivid and touching sequel to the bestselling memoir Too Close to the Falls. Along the way, she adopts many personas with gusto-vandal, HoJo hostess, FBI suspect, civil rights demonstrator- but when tragedy strikes at home, Cathy must take on her most challenging role yet. After the Falls picks up where Catherine Gildiners best-selling 1999 memoir, Too Close to the Falls, leaves off, chronicling the authors teens in suburban.
As the quaint world of 1950s America recedes into history, Cathy dives headfirst into the 1960s. But life in a subdivision and a school filled with "pubescent cheddar" holds little appeal for a girl who began working at four and smoking at nine. In the hopes of giving Cathy a fresh start away from their small town, the McClures leave behind Niagara Falls and the family pharmacy to start over in suburban Buffalo.
It's 1960 and twelve-year-old Cathy McClure has just been thrown out of Catholic school for-among other transgressions-filling the holy water fount with vodka. The vivid and touching sequel to the bestselling memoir Too Close to the Falls.
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