Coming Ashore

A Memoir

By: Catherine Gildiner

Narrated by: Nathalie Toriel

Written with the same spirit and wit as the best-selling 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.

©2014 Catherine Gildiner (P)2018 ECW Press

Critic reviews

"Gildiner's adventures are many, from the rough to the romantic, and elicit genuine laughs along the way." ( Chatelaine)

" 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)

Hit it out of the Park, Again!

Gildiner has done it, again. She shares another honest, intense, and funny look at her life. I loved seeing the characters, from her previous autobiographies. Also, I loved getting to know the new characters. As a Rick James fan, I enjoyed glimpsing a piece of his actual world, away from the spotlight! Catherine has touched my life, with her autobiographical series and, her book, "Good Morning, Monster". Allow her to touch your life.

Could not stop listening!

I have loved all of Catherine Gildiner's books! Each one is unique, brilliant and laugh out loud. I have learned so much from her!

Terrible second memoir

Nothing like the first book. I could not get into it and the narration was terrible. Can I get my money back?