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.
Young Frankie on seeing the Sacred Heart picture: "He is pointing to his chest, where there is a big heart with flames coming out of it. Mam tells us, That's the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and I want to know why the man's heart is on fire and why doesn't He throw water on it?"