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Francis McCourt is born in Brooklyn, New York, to Angela Sheehan and Malachy McCourt.
Chapter 1After the birth of four boys and death of the infant Margaret, the McCourts move back to Ireland.
Chapter 2Frank begins school in Limerick as the McCourts live in a single room on Windmill Street.
Chapter 2Frank falls ill with typhoid fever and discovers Shakespeare during his hospital stay.
Chapter 8Malachy Sr. goes to England to look for work and starts distancing himself from his family.
Chapter 9While Angela is in the hospital with pneumonia, Malachy Sr. returns for the last time.
Chapter 10Frank steals money from the deceased Mrs. Finucane and throws her ledger into the river.
Chapter 18| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | Frank McCourt, the first-person-narrator, begins his memoir with a quick overview. His parents meet and get married in N... Read More |
| Chapter 2 | When the McCourts return to Ireland, they first stay in Northern Ireland with Malachy Sr.'s parents who have neither ext... Read More |
| Chapter 3 | To escape the memories of their dead children, the McCourts move to a new house in the lanes, right next to the filthy l... Read More |
| Chapter 4 | Mikey, an older boy in the neighborhood, is the man in his house despite his ailments —he is cross-eyed and has epilepsy... Read More |
| Chapter 5 | Many families in town do not speak to each other often because of age-old religious or political grudges. Some families ... Read More |
| Chapter 6 | A new geometry teacher, Mr. O'Neill, appreciates questions from his students. Every day he peels his apple and promises ... Read More |
| Chapter 7 | Nothing has changed at the McCourt household: Malachy Sr. keeps drinking and "comes home singing and getting us out of b... Read More |
| Chapter 8 | On the night before Confirmation, Quasimodo, so called because of his hunchback, lets his friends see his sisters naked ... Read More |
| Chapter 9 | Frank's mother does not want more children. Because the only birth control available is abstinence, Malachy Sr. is upset... Read More |
| Chapter 10 | Angela gets sick. There is no food in the house, they have no more credit anywhere, and they can't go to their grandmoth... Read More |
| Chapter 11 | Frank goes through his mother's trunk in search for material for a soccer uniform. He uses part of a red flapper dress t... Read More |
| Chapter 12 | Malachy Sr. is due to come home at Christmas, but when Angela and Frank go to the train station to meet him, he does not... Read More |
| Chapter 13 | Frank bargains with Laman to borrow his bicycle for a trip with schoolmates; Laman agrees if Frank cleans his chamber po... Read More |
| Chapter 14 | Frank cannot start his job as a telegram boy before he turns 14. He lives with his Uncle Pat but has to steal food in ri... Read More |
| Chapter 15 | On his birthday, Aunt Aggie purchases a set of new clothes for Frank and gives him enough money for a bun and tea. "Fat ... Read More |
| Chapter 16 | Frank delivers a sympathy telegram to Mr. Harrington, who is British and whose wife has just died. Mr. Harrington makes ... Read More |
| Chapter 17 | On the night before his 16th birthday, Frank goes with Pa Keating to have his first pint. The men talk about the atrocit... Read More |
| Chapter 18 | Three years pass. Frank has kept working for Mrs. Finucane writing collection letters and dropping off money at the chur... Read More |
| Chapter 19 | In response to the officer's question: "Isn't this a great country altogether?" Frank simply says "'Tis." Read More |
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