Angela

The Story: In 1935, when it is more common for Irish families to leave their famine-stricken country for America, the impoverished McCourt family do the reverse. Following the sudden death of her 7-week-old daughter, Angela and her unemployable, alcoholic husband, Malachy Sr. set sail from New York Harbor to Cork with their 4 children- Frank, Malachy Jr. and twins Eugene and Oliver- to return to the land which a mystified young Frank had only heard of as "…

…one night in a drunken state and hits his mother, he is frightened that he could end up like his father and knows that if he stays in Ireland this may happen. His family are sorry to see Frank leave, but there is now no turning back. He departs for New York, and when the Statue of Liberty comes into sight, he knows he has done the right thing and that he is home again.