personal history
Sorry for Your Troubles
Frank McCourt on why his parents left Ireland—and returned—in a selection from the 1996 memoir, which won a Pulitzer Prize.
June 10, 1996
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personal history
Frank McCourt on why his parents left Ireland—and returned—in a selection from the 1996 memoir, which won a Pulitzer Prize.