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Angela's Ashes
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 49,136 Ratings and 3,858 Reviews

Book Description
So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank's mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children since Frank's father Malachy, rarely works, and when he does he drinks his wages. Yet Malachy does nurture in Frank an appetite for the one thing he can provide: a story. Perhaps it is a st... More
Book Information
PublisherSimon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
BindingHardcover (83 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages368
ISBN-100681947411
ISBN-13978-0681947412
Publication Date/1996
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About Frank McCourt (Author) : Frank McCourt is a published author and a narrator of children's books and adult books. Some of the published credits of Frank McCourt include Angela's Ashes (Unabridged), Angela and the Baby Jesus (U... more
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