Background
Catherine Gildiner was born on March 31, 1948, in Lewiston, New York, United States. She is a daughter of James and Janet McClure.
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States
In 1970 Catherine Gildiner received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio University.
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
In 1975 Catherine Gildiner received a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Toronto.
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
In 1985 Catherine Gildiner obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in psychology from York University.
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States
In 1970 Catherine Gildiner received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio University.
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
In 1975 Catherine Gildiner received a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Toronto.
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
In 1985 Catherine Gildiner obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in psychology from York University.
(Welcome to the childhood of Catherine McClure Gildiner. I...)
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, and television has only just arrived. At the tender age of four, Cathy accompanies Roy, the deliveryman at her father's pharmacy, on his routes. She shares some of their memorable deliveries-sleeping pills to Marilyn Monroe (in town filming Niagara), sedatives to Mad Bear, a violent Tuscarora chief, and fungus cream to Warty, the gentle operator of the town dump. As she reaches her teenage years, Cathy's irrepressible spirit spurs her from dangerous sled rides that take her "too close to the Falls" to tipsy dances with the town priest.
https://www.amazon.com/Too-Close-Falls-Catherine-Gildiner/dp/014200040X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Too+Close+to+the+Falls+Gildiner&qid=1578075301&s=books&sr=1-1
1999
(With Seduction, Catherine Gildiner gives us not only a gr...)
With Seduction, Catherine Gildiner gives us not only a gripping detective story full of shifting characters and fast-paced twists but a remarkable intellectual thriller. Through the letters and papers of Sigmund Freud, Charles Darwin and the venerable Wedgwood family, Gildiner brings the personalities and ideological conflicts of the past to life in the present. Along the way we meet an assortment of characters, from social misfits to the demure but resolute Anna Freud, who is still living in the London house where she brought her ailing father for the last year of his life, and where she actively guards his legacy. The story takes us from Toronto to Vienna, London, the Isle of Wight, New York and back again to Toronto – each locale seen through the eyes of Kate, who relishes in the beauty of a world that has been denied to her for a decade.
https://www.amazon.com/Seduction-Novel-Catherine-Gildiner/dp/0676976530/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Seduction+Gildiner&qid=1578075383&s=books&sr=1-1
2005
(A hilarious and moving follow-up to The New York Times be...)
A hilarious and moving follow-up to The New York Times bestselling Too Close to the Falls. Catherine Gildiner shares the next chapter in a story that has already captivated many readers. It's 1960, and twelve-year-old Cathy McClure has just been thrown out of Catholic school for filling the holy water font with vodka. Hoping to give her a fresh start, Cathy's parents leave behind small-town Niagara Falls for suburban Buffalo. There, as the quaint world of 1950s America recedes into history, Cathy dives headfirst into the tumultuous new decade. But when tragedy strikes at home, Cathy-vandal, HoJo hostess, and civil rights demonstrator-must take on her most challenging role yet.
https://www.amazon.com/After-Falls-Coming-Age-Sixties/dp/0143119850/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=After+the+Falls+Gildiner&qid=1578075608&s=books&sr=1-1
2010
(Written with the same spirit and wit as the bestselling T...)
Written with the same spirit and wit as the bestselling Too Close to the Falls and After the Falls, Coming Ashore is the third and final volume of Catherine Gildiner’s memoir series. Picking up her story in the late ’60s at age 21, Cathy whisks through seven years and three countries. Whether reciting verse in the classrooms of the University of Oxford, arranging a date with Jimi Hendrix, teaching inner city kids literature, rooming with a major drug dealer, falling in love, or working in a psychiatric hospital, Cathy determinedly blazes her own trail through all the passion and uncertainty that comes with the cusp of adulthood. Coming Ashore transports readers to a fascinating era populated by lively characters, but most memorable of all is the singular Cathy McClure. The BackLit bonus content includes a reader’s guide, Q&A with the author, and more.
https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Ashore-Memoir-Catherine-Gildiner/dp/1770412565/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Coming+Ashore+Gildiner&qid=1578075745&s=books&sr=1-1
2014
(In Good Morning, Monster, she focuses on five patients wh...)
In Good Morning, Monster, she focuses on five patients who overcame enormous trauma - people she considers heroes. With a novelist's storytelling gift, Gildiner recounts the details of their struggles, their paths to recovery, and her own tale of growth as a therapist.
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Morning-Monster-Journeys-Recovery/dp/0735236968/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Good+Morning%2C+Monster+Gildiner&qid=1578075838&s=books&sr=1-1
2019
Catherine Gildiner was born on March 31, 1948, in Lewiston, New York, United States. She is a daughter of James and Janet McClure.
In 1970 Catherine Gildiner received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio University and a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Toronto in 1975. In 1985 she obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in psychology from York University.
In 1970 Catherine Gildiner came to Canada. After completing her degrees in psychology, she established her private practice, and worked as a clinical psychologist for more than twenty-five years. She also writes journalistic pieces for various newspapers and wrote a monthly column for Chatelaine.
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.
She is also the author of Seduction (2005), After the Falls (2010), Coming Ashore (2014), Good Morning, Monster (2019).
(Written with the same spirit and wit as the bestselling T...)
2014(With Seduction, Catherine Gildiner gives us not only a gr...)
2005(In Good Morning, Monster, she focuses on five patients wh...)
2019(A hilarious and moving follow-up to The New York Times be...)
2010(Welcome to the childhood of Catherine McClure Gildiner. I...)
1999Catherine Gildiner is a member of Canadian Psychological Association.
In April 1975 Catherine Gildiner married Michael Gildiner, a radiologist. They have three children.
