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Angela's Ashes

byFrank McCourt

Who is this book for? Readers interested in memoirs, personal stories of hardship, and Irish culture.

Topics PovertyEmigrationFamilyStruggleResilienceIrish cultureImmigrationChildhoodAdversityHopeSurvivalChildhood Experiences
MoodBittersweet
HumorOccasional Humor
Stunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s.It is a story of extreme hardship and suffering, in Brooklyn tenements and Limerick slums – too many children, too little money, his mother Angela barely coping as his father Malachy's drinking bouts constantly brings the family to the brink of disaster. It is a story of courage and survival against apparently overwhelming odds.Written with the vitality and resonance of a work of fiction, and with a remarkable absence of sentimentality, ‘Angela’s Ashes’ is imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's distinctive humour and compassion. Out of terrible circumstances, he has created a glorious book in the tradition of Ireland's literary masters, which bears all the marks of a great classic.

Language

en

Published on

10/03/2005

Pages

432

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780007205233

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