angela's ashes

ANGELA’S ASHES Angela was originally from Limerick in Ireland and went to New York in search of a better life and brighter future than what was available to her back home. While in America she met Malachy McCourt, who was viewed as lower class because he was from Northern Ireland, in a speakeasy. She became pregnant and was forced to marry Malachy due to her cousins’ prodding for a respectable life for her. Malachy …

…to take the money and go to the cinema instead. After that, Angela aspired for Frank to be an alter boy. She sent him off with his father to the priest. Frank knew the Latin for the mass and she thought that the church would take this into account when they made their decision. However, there was a class distinction in the church and they did not look twice at the boys from the lane.