Stranger Than… – Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir of a Childhood
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Stranger Than‰Û_ €°ÛÒ Angela‰۪s Ashes: A Memoir Of A Childhood

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Author :Frank Mccour

Condition : Used-LikeNew

Binding : Soft-Back-Noval

Pages : 432

Publisher : Harper Perennial

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The phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s.

It is a story of extreme hardship and suffering, in Brooklyn tenements and Limerick slums ‰ÛÒ too many children, too little money, his mother Angela barely coping as his father Malachy's drinking bouts constantly brings the family to the brink of disaster. It is a story of courage and survival against apparently overwhelming odds.

Written with the vitality and resonance of a work of fiction, and with a remarkable absence of sentimentality, ‰Û÷Angela‰۪s Ashes‰۪ is imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's distinctive humour and compassion. Out of terrible circumstances, he has created a glorious book in the tradition of Ireland's literary masters, which bears all the marks of a great classic.

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Author :Frank Mccour

Condition : Used-LikeNew

Binding : Soft-Back-Noval

Pages : 432

Publisher : Harper Perennial

Language : N/A

Publication Year : N/A

The phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s.

It is a story of extreme hardship and suffering, in Brooklyn tenements and Limerick slums ‰ÛÒ too many children, too little money, his mother Angela barely coping as his father Malachy's drinking bouts constantly brings the family to the brink of disaster. It is a story of courage and survival against apparently overwhelming odds.

Written with the vitality and resonance of a work of fiction, and with a remarkable absence of sentimentality, ‰Û÷Angela‰۪s Ashes‰۪ is imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's distinctive humour and compassion. Out of terrible circumstances, he has created a glorious book in the tradition of Ireland's literary masters, which bears all the marks of a great classic.