![]() ![]() To the outside world, she had the typical suburban upbringing: Her father went to work each morning and tended his lawn on the weekends, while her mother stayed at home. Although in appearance, she was the perfect blond preppy, wearing Villager outfits with Pappagallo shoes, in the inside she was always questioning, always just a bit rebellious, and never afraid to work. Cathy's story is one of contrasts: public persona versus private beliefs and first judgments versus deeper analysis.Ĭathy had been encouraged from a young age to be self-reliant and resourceful, and from the first day in her new school, she put her energies into fitting in and making friends. The memoir After the Falls begins when Gildiner's family moved from Niagara Falls to Buffalo in the early 1960s, where they all began new lives. Catherine McClure Gildiner's teen and young adult years were both normal and odd, conservative and liberal. ![]()
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