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Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684874350
- ISBN 13
- 9780684874357
- Seller
-
Walcott, Iowa, United States
Item Price
A$115.64A$104.07
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About This Item
Scribner, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Copyright page has full number line "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2". Boards are plum colored with burgundy cloth spine. Dust jacket price $23.00. The back of the dust jacket has the number "09962250" on the bottom right corner, and "52300" over the smaller bar code on the bottom left corner confirms First Edition status.Small 1/8 in. scuff mark on front board and DJ.364pp.
Born in depression-era Brooklyn and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland the memoir is a story that accounts for Frank's survival. Frank's mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Lamplighter Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2
- Title
- Angela's Ashes
- Author
- Frank McCourt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684874350
- ISBN 13
- 9780684874357
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Pulitzer Prize, Ireland,poverty
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Lamplighter Library
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Walcott, Iowa
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