Angela's ashes : a memoir / Frank McCourt.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0684874350
- ISBN: 9780684874357
- ISBN: 9780684842677
- ISBN: 068484267X
- ISBN: 9781568953960
- ISBN: 1568953968
- ISBN: 0613103572
- ISBN: 9780684872155
- ISBN: 9780613103572
- ISBN: 0684872153
- Physical Description: 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, New York : Scribner, [1996]
Content descriptions
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.9 23.0 19777.Reading Counts RC High School 10. 33 Quiz: 49568.
- Awards Note:
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, 1996Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 1997.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | BIO MCCOURT (Text) | 36015000700753 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | BIO MCCOURT (Text) | 36015000902441 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | B McCourt (Text) | 101291000042122 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | 929.2 M (Text) | 39493104684164 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | B MCCOURT (Text) | 40599000022296 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Anderson Creek Public Library | 929.2 McC (Text) | 33630002879679 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | 920 MCC (Text) | 80605000867225 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | 929.2 MCC (Text) | 50503010735498 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | B McCourt (Text) | 31111002287398 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Badin Branch Library | B McCourt (Text) | 31012000103786 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
