![]() ![]() I've been feeling a little lonely lately, too. Those feelings were obvious to me, though. Gildiner's voice is so breezy and engaging, however, that it's possible to overlook Cathy's feelings of isolation and fear. She feels humiliated when a professor advises her to become a "comedy writer" rather than an academic. She clashes with her right-wing colleagues in Cleveland. Along the way, Cathy verbally duels her aristocratic English boyfriend's judgmental mother, orchestrates a sexathon with Jimi Hendrix for a dying friend, wins over a class of inner-city high schoolers as a student teacher in Cleveland, and, as a University of Toronto graduate student, lives in Toronto's infamous Rochdale residence, part "drug supermarket" and part "free college."Īlthough she is friendly and open, Cathy is often at odds with her environment. The ever-changing social climate of the late sixties and early seventies is her backdrop. From here, Cathy charts a wild seven-year course to adulthood through England, Cleveland and Toronto. ![]()
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