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• With Delia’s help, Philomena writes a letter to Angela’s own mother, whose name is Margaret Sheehan. Together, they write about their own husbands, criticize Malachy Sr. for his laziness, and tell Angela’s mother that Margaret McCourt, Angela’s baby, has died. In the letter, Delia insists that Angela and her children would be better off back in Ire...
• Angela’s cousins, Delia Fortune and Philomena Flynn, insisted that they get married, so as not to disgrace Angela any further.
• The worst kind of childhood, he notes, is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.
• being born in New York to a large family. Frank’s parents moved back to their original home, Ireland, when Frank was four years old. Frank is the eldest of his siblings.
• In the city of Limerick, Ireland, there is a constant rain. The rain spreads diseases and gives people bad coughs. There is so much rain in Limerick that as a young boy Frank and his family would go to the church just to be dry.

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