In Frank McCourt’s memoir, Angela’s Ashes, the reasons for which Angela and her future
husband Malachy left Ireland for New York are quite clear. Angela was sent to New York by her mother: she said Angela was worthless "and there’s plenty of room in America for useless people". As for Malachy, he escaped to New York because he had a price put on his head from fighting with the IRA – as a fugitive his only way out was to run.
The McCourt family was never a really happy one: not only did it start as an unfortunate mistake, but there were plenty of more unfortunaties yet to come. Frank was m
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