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First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make something out of it in the form of a book. And then I felt some kind of responsibility to my family.
First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make something out of it in the form of a book. And then I felt some kind of responsibility to my family.
Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
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- Frank McCourt
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- Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Frank McCourt: life dates 1930 to 2009. Wikidata Q208869, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208869 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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