Too Close to the Falls - Catherine Gildiner (1999)

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Memoir of a young girl growing up in the 1950s in a New York town close to Niagara Falls. Being precocious and hyper, she started working at her dad's drugstore at age four, delivering prescriptions with Roy, one of the most memorable characters in a memoir I've ever encountered. Roy is black, illiterate, completely hilarious, wise and sweet. Interesting exploration of her kooky family (like her mom who never cooked a meal in her life) and her education in a Catholic school.  Unique and endearing.