A World I Never Made

A World I Never Made by Farrell, James T.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780252074233.

A sprawling tale of two families struggles with harsh urban realities The first book in Farrells five-volume series to be republished by the University of Illinois Press, A World I Never Made introduces three generations from two families, the working-class ONeills and the lower-middle-class OFlahertys. The lives of the ONeills in particular reflect the tragic consequences of poverty, as young Danny ONeills parents--unable to sustain their large family--send him to live with his grandmother. Seen here at the age of seven, Danny is fraught with feelings of anxiety and dislocation as he learns the ins and outs of life on the street, confronting for the first time a world he never made.