Alphie McCourt
Alphie McCourt's A LONG STONE'S THROW
From: Francesca Rheannon
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Alphie McCourt isn't as famous a writer as his two older brothers, Frank and Malachi McCourt. In fact, until recently, he wasn't a writer at all. He was a restauranteur and then a building manager in New York City. But he's got the same talent for memoir as his more celebrated siblings. He's just come out with a memoir of growing up in Limerick, Ireland and, after emigrating, his life here in the U.S. A LONG STONE'S THROW contains wry observations of both cultures, passages of great lyricism and darker observations of poverty and injustice in his native land.
