Angela's Ashes (The Frank McCourt Memoirs)

Type

Book

Authors

McCourt, Frank

ISBN 10

0684874350

ISBN 13

9780684874357

Tags

Authors, Cultural & Regional, United States, Memoirs, Educators, Mid Atlantic, Europe, Cultural

Abstract

"My father and mother should have stayed in New York where they met and I was born. Instead, they returned to Ireland when I was four ... When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." So begins the memoir of Frank McCourt, raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland in the 1930s and 40s. The author chronicles his impoverished childhood and early experiences in the Catholic church, and describes his father's alcoholism and talent for storytelling, as well as the challenges and tragedies his mother faced, balancing painful memories with humor.

Description

"A memoir about childhood, resilience, and the triumphant power of storytelling."--From back cover.

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Autobiographies
Biographies
Biography
Named Person: McCourt family.; Frank McCourt; McCourt family.; Frank McCourt
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Frank McCourt
ISBN: 9780684842677 068484267X 0684874350 9780684874357
OCLC Number: 1076514516
Notes: "With an introduction by Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle"--Cover.
Originally published in 1996.
"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize"--Cover.
Description: 363 pages ; 22 cm.
Responsibility: Frank McCourt.

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