COMING ASHORE
“He gave me the book The courage to Be by Paul Tillich, suggesting I read it “Sometime in my life when I needed ‘to be’.” Later in my life when I was at a low that book pulled me through.”
Cathy in the 70s leaves the U.S with with the FBI on her tail. She studies at Oxford, returns to Ohio just on time for Kent State.
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“Coming Ashore reads like a super-cool lady whispering secrets over cold tea late at night – a lady who holds her liquor so well, she refrains from self-pity and self-aggrandizement. The result is a clear-eyed look at life.”
— Globe and Mail
“Gildiner’s poignant reflections on her family and her childhood recall her earlier work, but Coming Ashore is a worthy stand-alone memoir, especially for the laugh-out-loud anecdotes, witty chapter titles (‘A Shrew in Shrewsbury’) and vintage photos of the author that open each chapter.”
— Shelf Awareness
"Coming Ashore is enjoyable in the classic Gildiner style: humorous, clever storytelling with the added bonus of the observations of a fish out of water, particularly during her time in England.”
— Winnipeg Free Press
