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Angela's Ashes : A Memoir
by McCourt, Frank
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0684874350
- ISBN 13
- 9780684874357
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0684874350. Memoir of author's childhood in Ireland. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and winner o f the Los Angeles Times Book Award. The luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank endures povert y , near-starvation and the casual cruelty--yet lives to tell his tale with eloquence, exuberance and remarkable forgiveness..
Synopsis
Angela's Ashes is a grim memoir by author Frank McCourt. McCourt was born in Brooklyn in 1930 to newly-arrived Irish immigrant parents Malachy and Angela McCourt, but they returned to Limerick because of poor prospects in America. Frank's father was an angry, unemployed alcoholic, and the family lived in abject poverty, and was afflicted with frequent illness and death. Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1997) , National Book Critics' Circle Award (1996) , Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography (1996) , Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (1997)
Reviews
On Dec 29 2012, Chauncey said:
McCourt is a master with words. His ability to tell such a sad story with humor and pure honesty is incredible. This is one of the most heartbreaking, unforgettable books I have ever read.
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- Title
- Angela's Ashes : A Memoir
- Author
- McCourt, Frank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684874350
- ISBN 13
- 9780684874357
- Publisher
- New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1996
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1996
- Keywords
- IRELAND BIOGRAPHY IRISH AMERICANS AUTOBIOGRAPHY GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCE ETHNOLOGY 0684874350 BIOGRAPHIES
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