num_pages: 256
description: The author of In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle recalls her own Irish-American's family's struggles with tragedy and despair in the 1950s.
language: English
title: Uphill Walkers: A Memoir of a Family
titlecomplete: Uphill Walkers: A Memoir of a Family
genres: Nonfiction, Memoir
ratings_count: 70
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Massachusetts Book Award
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr