Chapter 1: The book starts out with a good passage about how miserable Frank?s childhood was. I get to know Frank?s other siblings. Malachy, 1 year younger, the twins Eugene and Oliver, and the girl Margaret who dies at 7 weeks old. Frank?s Father is also named Malachy. He is a northern irelander, and he meets angela in a speak easy in Brooklyn. This is during the depression and prohibition. Malachy likes Angela, and Angela …showed first 75 words of 348 total…

…showed last 75 words of 348 total…Margaret to someone who does experiments on bodies for a few dollars that he probably spent on drinks. In the end of the Chapter, Angelas cousins come into the picture again. They write to angelas mother back in Ireland and they ask for her to send money. The money is for the family to go back to Ireland. They think that things will be better off in the homeland. That is how the chapter ends.