angelas ashes

Book Specifications:

• Title: Angela’s Ashes
• Publisher: A Touchstone Book
• Author: Frank McCourt
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068484267X
• Pages: 363
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used - Good

About the Book:

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt is a Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir that recounts the author’s deeply impoverished childhood in Brooklyn and later in Limerick, Ireland. Written with remarkable honesty, compassion, and dark humor, McCourt vividly portrays the struggles of growing up in a family burdened by poverty, alcoholism, illness, and social hardship. Through the eyes of a child, the memoir explores themes of family, faith, survival, resilience, and the enduring power of hope amid adversity. Despite the bleak circumstances, McCourt’s storytelling is rich with humanity, wit, and emotional depth, transforming personal suffering into a moving literary work. Widely regarded as one of the most important memoirs of contemporary literature, the book offers a powerful reflection on hardship, identity, and the redemptive power of storytelling. Published by A Touchstone Book, this paperback edition is essential reading for lovers of memoirs, modern literature, Irish history, and autobiographical writing.