{"product_id":"coming-ashore-a-memoir-9781770412569","title":"Coming Ashore: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow in trade paper\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with the same spirit and wit as the bestselling \u003ci\u003eToo Close to the Falls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAfter the Falls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eComing Ashore\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eComing Ashore\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u0026amp;A with the author, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatherine Gildiner's childhood memoir Too Close to the Falls (1999) was a New York Times bestseller and on the Globe and Mail's bestseller list for over a year. In 2010, she published a sequel, After the Falls, also a bestseller. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50528355746066,"sku":"9781770412569","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e1ec5efd-f344-4493-add0-5d07ee03af83.jpg?v=1731323541","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/coming-ashore-a-memoir-9781770412569","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}