Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacatio… — Frank McCourt

Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely.

Frank McCourtAuthor · Irish · b. 1930

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