by Frank McCourt · Harpercollins Audio · audioCD · ISBN 9780007117215
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«Angela's Ashes: A Memoir of a Childhood» is Frank McCourt's childhood memoir on audio CD, published by HarperCollins Audio (in English).
Frank McCourt recalls his childhood in poverty between Ireland and the United States: the misery, cold and rain, a loquacious and unreliable father, oppressive religiosity, school punishments and the mark of English domination. The account is told with harshness and lucidity, without self-pity.
Abridged edition on 2 discs, read by the author himself; approximate duration: 155 minutes. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Intended for listeners of English-language audiobooks with an interest in 20th-century Ireland, memoirs and stories of overcoming adversity.
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.
