... twin brothers die. Above all, there is "the drink"--the endemic disease of Irish fathers who spend their weeks' wages in the pub on Friday night. Frank leaves school to earn money for the family (his father had joined the war-time wave of work in England, but continued to drink his ... the ship's Wireless Officer says to Frank, "My God, . . . isn't this a great country altogether?" Answers Frank in the single phrase comprising the last chapter, " 'T. is." Commentary McCourt taught writing at the prestigious Stuyvesant High School in New York City for many years. This is his first publish...

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• Grade Level: High School