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Young Frank loves his dad for the stories he tells. And he treasures in his heart a magic moment when his father kisses him. The boy is humiliated by his mother when she begs for scraps of food from the priests at the local charity. He's even more mortified when Angela prostitutes herself with a cousin in exchange for a place to stay after her husband abandons the family. Frank decides to earn money for passage to America. Employment with a local moneylender turns out to be just what he needs to escape from his oppressive life in Limerick