Published in 1996 and winning the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, Angela's Ashes, was author, Frank McCourt, most well-known books. He tells of his lovable alcoholic father, worried-ill mother, Irish-Catholic guilt and of the deaths of his younger siblings during the 1930s and 40s. His story is told from the voice of his younger self, Francis (Frank) McCourt, growing up in poverty stricken Limerick City, Ireland. His voice becoming less naive and knowledgeable of the world's hardships as he matures from childhood to young adulthood in this tragic hero memoir of a hard-knock life.
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Seemed almost unfinished, but I understand it's hard to get everything you want to say out in a 100 word review. I would have put a little more opinion into it if I were you, but it was well written!
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