Family Matters: A Boy's Life in Depression-era Dorchester

Family Matters is the story of a boy struggling and finally thriving in the Boston of the Great Depression. His illiterate father, struggling mother and five older siblings used the strength of a tight family, the shelter of a strong Catholic parish, the support of the Cape Breton emigre community and the changing politics of the 1940s to overcome the bad times and go on to good lives.