Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
by Frank McCourt
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684874350
- ISBN 13
- 9780684874357
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About This Item
McCOURT, Frank: Angela's Ashes: A Memoir. New York, Scribner, 1996. Later Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket, 364 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Autobiography / Memoir / Irish-Americans-20th Century-Biography. Book and jacket condition: Very Good Plus. Author's assumed signature found on the the colophon page (preceding the title page). All pages clean and not marked with sturdy book boards. Hints of faint rubbing to jacket edges. Otherwise a copy in near-fine condition. Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of best-selling author's unapologetic life from bitter poverty, growing up in the slums of Limerick, Ireland to his ultimate triumph as teacher and world-famous raconteur. ISBN: 0684874350
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
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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- Bookseller
- The Brooklyn Bookman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9780140714606
- Title
- Angela's Ashes
- Author
- Frank McCourt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- LATER PRINTING
- ISBN 10
- 0684874350
- ISBN 13
- 9780684874357
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 364
- Keywords
- Nonfiction / Autobiography / Memoir / Irish-Americans-20th Century-Biography.
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- THE BROOKLYN BOOKMAN – USED, OUT OF PRINT, RARE & COLLECTIBLE BOOKS CATALOG; Memoir / Autobiography / Biography;
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