Vincent de Paul Society and beg for the necessities. She was always angry with her husband, but she never did leave him. Frank did his best to help take care of his brothers and even resorted to stealing from the rich when they had nothing to eat but fried bread. When Frank and his eldest brother Malachy, named after his father, were old enough, they were sent down the street where the coal was made to gather the scraps from the street so that there would be a fire to boil tea. Most nights in the McCourt family they had fried bread and tea for breakfast and dinner. Eventually World War II started and Frank’s father volunteered to go work in a munitions factory in England and send over the wages. When his father left he sent one pay check home and that was it until Angela fell
Vincent de Paul Society and beg for the necessities. She was always angry with her husband, but she never did leave him. Frank did his best to help take care of his brothers and even resorted to stealing from the rich when they had nothing to eat but fried bread. When Frank and his eldest brother Malachy, named after his father, were old enough, they were sent down the street where the coal was made to gather the scraps from the street so that there would be a fire to boil tea. Most nights in the McCourt family they had fried bread and tea for breakfast and dinner. Eventually World War II started and Frank’s father volunteered to go work in a munitions factory in England and send over the wages. When his father left he sent one pay check home and that was it until Angela fell