Angela's ashes, a memoir, Frank McCourt
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Angela's ashes, a memoir, Frank McCourt
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Angela's ashes
Responsibility statement
Frank McCourt
Sub title
a memoir
Summary
The author chronicles his impoverished childhood in Limerick, Ireland, in the 1930s and 1940s, describing his father's alcoholism and talent for storytelling; the challenges and tragedies his mother faced, including the loss of three children; and his early experiences in the Catholic church, and balances painful memories with humor
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