TOO CLOSE TO THE FALLS (COLD) by Catherine Gildiner

Little Cathy is doing her job. She has no time to be distracted by the modern day sex icon that is Marilyn Monroe. Gildiner, again, does a great job on writing through the memory of her childhood. This writing, gives the reader a similar point of view, to that of Roy's; we learn to grow a soft spot for naivety. It is cute to watch (read) Catherine react to Marilyn; she never understood the concept of a celebrity, which explains her puzzlement as to why everyone wants to see her so bad, what the deal with her mood was, or why she was in front of a grown man and a little girl in her underwear. Perhaps it was jealousy, maybe Cathy wanted to be famous. This part of the memoir pays homage to the late movie star in that it shows still as a normal person who wants Juicy Fruit and a Photoplay, not brainwashed by her own narcissism like most stars.