Carole O’Malley Gaunt ’67
Playwright, author

Carole O’Malley Gaunt is the author of Hungry Hill a memoir of growing up in an Irish-Catholic working-class neighborhood in Springfield, Massachusetts.  A UMass Amherst alum and an award-winning playwright, Carole O’Malley Gaunt lives with her husband in New York City and Sag Harbor, N.Y.  She is the mother of three daughters.

Praise for Hungry Hill:  “This book should be placed in time capsules in Springfield, Mass., and all across the country.  It’s more than a memoir.  It’s a social document, a story of a family, a document on the human heart.  Since this is an Irish-American family the ingredients are almost predictable: nuns, priests, sacraments and the battle with the bottle.  What makes this book different is Carole Gaunt’s wise prose.  She writes with such compassion and understanding you’ll look at your own family the same way.”
       Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes and Teacher Man

From “Publishers Weekly”:
“Playwright Gaunt was 13 when her father went out one morning to do errands with her seven brothers in the family car.  He told her to let the priest in, if he knocked—neglecting to mention that the priest was coming to administer Last Rites to her dying mother…”

About Carole O’Malley Gaunt and her work:

Hungry Hill home page

Selected reviews and commentary:

Hungry Hill: A Memoir
“Hungry Hill: The tale behind the neighborhood”
“The ghosts of Christmases pasts linger”
“An absorbing memoir of growing up Irish-American in Springfield”
“Long Island Books” Book Review
“Big Doings for UMass Press Debut”