Angela's Ashes

Stunning re-issue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller. Angela's Ashes is a story of extreme hardship and suffering, from Brooklyn tenements to Limerick slums, of courage and survival against seemingly overwhelming odds. It is imbued on every page with McCourt's distinctive humour and compassion.

Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won the Pulitzer Prize (1997) and National Book Critics Circle Award (1996) for his memoir *Angela's Ashes* (1996), which details his childhood as a poor Irish Catholic in Limerick. He is also the author of *'Tis* (1999), which continues the narrative of his life, picking up from the end of the previous book and focusing on life …