Two immgrants from Irish families, the Flynns and the Clintons, one rich, the other poor, my parents, come to America, meet on a blind date, and marry. Britain's occupation of Ireland, which abetted the exodus of Ireland's poor, begins the story. The Clinton family escaped to America as fast as my father earned their ocean passage. My mother, the only one of her family to immigrate to America, not your typical Irish immigrant, moved down the social ladder when she came to America. This collective memoir follows the two families, often in their own words, through time. Although the Flynns...