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Hungry Hill: A Memoir
Carole O'Malley Gaunt
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Description for Hungry Hill: A Memoir
Paperback. On a June night in 1959, Betty O'Malley died from lymphatic cancer, leaving behind an alcoholic husband and eight shell-shocked children - seven sons and one daughter, ranging in age from two to fifteen years. The daughter, Carole, was thirteen at the time. Here, she recalls the chaotic course of her family life over the next four years. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
On a sweltering June night in 1959, Betty O'Malley died from lymphatic cancer, leaving behind an alcoholic husband and eight shell-shocked children - seven sons and one daughter, ranging in age from two to fifteen years. The daughter, Carole, was thirteen at the time. In this poignant memoir, she recalls in vivid detail the chaotic course of her family life over the next four years. The setting for the story is Hungry Hill, an Irish-Catholic working-class neighborhood in Springfield, Massachusetts. Grief-stricken over his wife's death, Joe O'Malley, a mid-level executive at an insurance company, spends his nights on the living ... Read more
On a sweltering June night in 1959, Betty O'Malley died from lymphatic cancer, leaving behind an alcoholic husband and eight shell-shocked children - seven sons and one daughter, ranging in age from two to fifteen years. The daughter, Carole, was thirteen at the time. In this poignant memoir, she recalls in vivid detail the chaotic course of her family life over the next four years. The setting for the story is Hungry Hill, an Irish-Catholic working-class neighborhood in Springfield, Massachusetts. Grief-stricken over his wife's death, Joe O'Malley, a mid-level executive at an insurance company, spends his nights on the living ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558495890
SKU
V9781558495890
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Ref
99-15
About Carole O'Malley Gaunt
An award-winning playwright, CAROLE O'MALLEY GAUNT lives with her husband in New York City and Sag Harbor. She is the mother of three daughters.
Reviews for Hungry Hill: A Memoir
Hungry Hill is engaging and memorable.... One of the most endearing aspects of the book is its lack of guile and its feeling of authenticity - it glows with honesty. - Madeleine Blais, author of Uphill Walkers: Portrait of a Family ""This book should be placed in time capsules in Springfield, Mass., and all across the country. It's more than ... Read more