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Standing at the Edge of the Pool: Life, Love, Loss And Never Learning to Swim

Standing at the Edge of the Pool: Life, Love, Loss And Never Learning to Swim


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Cathy Fiorello takes the reader along on her journey back in time, telling her story in the framework of historic events. Her characters are real people, by turns hilarious and poignant, who live valiantly in threatening times: the hardships of life during the Great Depression; the shock of the attack on Pearl Harbor and stress of the war that followed it; the aftermath of 9/11, which ushered in an America that would never again be the safe world she grew up in. Along the way, we celebrate her successes as she reaches for a life beyond the boundaries for a woman of her time; we suffer her sorrows; we root for her as she defies the constraints of ageism. This is a coming-of-age story for readers of all ages.

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"Standing at the Edge of the Pool is stunning. Beautifully written, the stories take us on the author's journey from her Italian immigrant upbringing in Brooklyn, to starting over in San Francisco much later in life. She lets the reader into her world; we share her insights, her self-awareness. Every woman hesitating to take a risk, should read this memoir." - Barbara Rose Brooker, Author of "The Viagra Diaries" "Cathy Fiorello's memoir is a consoling and unwavering glass-half-full perspective. Her life, from her Depression-era childhood in a Brooklyn brownstone to her new septuagenarian life in a San Francisco high-rise, was not without sorrows, but her memories are joy-filled. I wanted to hug this book." - Cheryl McKeon, Manager, Book Passage "In her beautifully written memoir, Fiorello takes us on a journey deep into her past. We come to understand her yearnings, regrets, triumphs, lessons learned, and the losses she endures along the way. Standing at the Edge of the Pool is a memoir with a big heart - and a savvy and irresistible narrator." - Melissa Cistaro, author of "Pieces of My Mother"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781625505453
  • Publisher: Catherine A. Fiorello
  • Publisher Imprint: Catherine A. Fiorello
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 216
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 281 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1625505450
  • Publisher Date: 25 Jul 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Life, Love, Loss And Never Learning to Swim
  • Width: 140 mm


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