Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
A Memoir
This memoir is a profound and heart-wrenching account of the author's impoverished childhood in Limerick, Ireland, during the 1930s and 1940s. The story is filled with tales of survival in the face of extreme poverty, an alcoholic father, a struggling mother, and the deaths of three siblings. Despite the harsh circumstances, the narrative is infused with a sense of humor and hope, demonstrating the resilience of the human spirit.
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- Published
- 1996
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 350-400
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- Angela’s Ashes
- As Cinzas de Angela
- Asche meiner Mutter
- Cenizas de Angela
- Las Cenizas De Angela
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- 13th on PEOPLE Picks the Best Books From the 1990s (PEOPLE Magazine)
- 20th on The Greatest Books of All Time (Reader's Digest)
- 22nd on Waterstones' Top 25 Books of the Last 25 Years (2007) (Bookstandard (wayback machine))
- 26th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- 28th on Big Read (German) (Germany)
- 36th on The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 (Entertainment Weekly)
- 46th on Top 100 Books, As Chosen By Canadians (The Gazette(Newspaper))
- 71st on My Favourite Book - Australian Big Read (Australian Big Read)
- 135th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List (1,000 Books to Read Before You Die(Book))
- 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (USA))
- 75 Books Every Woman Should Read (Jezebel)
- A Century of Reading (Lithub)
- Cart's Top 200 Adult Books for Young Adults (Book)
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- NY Times Editors Choice 1990-1999 (NY Times)
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (Pulitzer Prize)
- The 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years (NY Times)
- Top 100 Books (Lincoln Journal Star)