Summary of Mary McDonough's Lessons from the Mountain

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#1 My father, Lawrence McDonough, was a working-class man who had risen to every challenge. He had instilled in me a rock-solid foundation of love, protection, political involvement, right from wrong, Catholicism, a fierce work ethic, and intense self-scrutiny.

#2 I was born and raised a daddy’s girl. He taught me to drive, and then a few years ago at a reunion, at least seven people told me he had also taught them to drive. He was a man dedicated to change, even if it was just to change someone else’s mind.

#3 My mother, Elizabeth Murray McDonough, is the second strata of my mountain. She was beautiful, always. She had a flair for fashion and wore the gloves, hat, and matching purse to prove it. She was the first person who taught me to be independent and to create my own life.

#4 I was always a dancer, and I loved it. I learned ballet, jazz, acrobatics, Hawaiian, Polynesian, and tap. I was never great at tap, which I attributed to my poor math skills. But I was always proud of my ugly feet.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822527843

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

My father, Lawrence McDonough, was a working-class man who had risen to every challenge. He had instilled in me a rock-solid foundation of love, protection, political involvement, right from wrong, Catholicism, a fierce work ethic, and intense self-scrutiny.

#2

I was born and raised a daddy’s girl. He taught me to drive, and then a few years ago at a reunion, at least seven people told me he had also taught them to drive. He was a man dedicated to change, even if it was just to change someone else’s mind.

#3

My mother, Elizabeth Murray McDonough, is the second strata of my mountain. She was beautiful, always. She had a flair for fashion and wore the gloves, hat, and matching purse to prove it. She was the first person who taught me to be independent and to create my own life.

#4

I was always a dancer, and I loved it. I learned ballet, jazz, acrobatics, Hawaiian, Polynesian, and tap. I was never great at tap, which I attributed to my poor math skills. But I was always proud of my ugly feet.

#5

I was born on May 4, 1961, in Los Angeles. My parents had met in high school, and after graduation, they got married. They fulfilled their own dream of a home in the San Fernando Valley, with children to fill it.

#6

I am a born and raised Valley Girl. In the 1960s and 1970s, Northridge was still filled with orange groves and empty fields, and we could ride our bikes through the parks and down the streets surrounded by the mountains. It was a great place to grow up.

#7

I had never really acted before, except for the plays I had written and forced my friends to perform in our backyard. The open-door policy of families helping each other and being there for community is a big part of who I am.

#8

The rosary is a prayer that is a staple to Catholics. It is a series of the Hail Mary bookended by the Our Father, with a few of what my father called the Glory Be’s as well. I wanted to be a nun, and I walked to school early every morning to go to mass before school.

#9

I have always had stringy hair, and I loved being in the bathroom with my mother. I would brush my hair, then tuck in all