by Frank McCourt, Jane Rollason · Helbling · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783852726984
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«Angela's Ashes» is the graded reader of Frank McCourt's memoirs adapted by Jane Rollason (Helbling, paperback, 88 pages, in English).
The book recreates Frank McCourt's childhood in impoverished Ireland, with a mother who can barely support the family and an alcoholic father who drinks away the little money he brings home; the author tells it with humour and compassion, and finds in stories and imagination a way to sustain hope.
Subtitled «The story of an Irish childhood», this edition belongs to the Helbling Readers series and includes an audio CD; its level is A2/B1.
Aimed at students of English as a foreign language, it is suitable reading material for use in educational contexts.
Francis McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.
