However, Gildiner is a gifted storyteller, and After the Falls is a fast-moving and absorbing read. Too Close to the Falls has a special poignancy because of the young age of the narrator that After the Falls lacks, and thus stands on its own better than does its sequel. Gildener’s adolescence was certainly more eventful than my own, but as she is just a few years older than I am, many of the societal issues, such as attitudes towards women and the American civil rights movement, brought back memories of the times. As I predicted at the time, Too Close to the Falls remained one of my favorite books for 2010. It’s suitable that I finished out the year with this because it is the sequel to Too Close to the Falls, which I reviewed in February. For Christmas, my niece gave me a book I have been anxious to read and it was the last, the very last book I completed in 2010: Catherine Gildener’s After the Falls. In December, the demands of the holiday season slowed me down some.
During November, when I took some time off from blogging, I spent many pleasant hours catching up on some reading.
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