Angela's Ashes
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Image:AngelaAshes.jpg Angela's Ashes is a memoir by Frank McCourt, and tells the story of his childhood. He was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1930, the eldest son of Malachy and Angela (née Sheehan) McCourt. He is joined by brother Malachy in 1931, twins Oliver and Eugene in 1933, and a sister, Margaret, in 1934. After the death of his sister Margaret when she was only a few weeks old, his parents moved back to their native Ireland, where his younger twin brothers both died within a year of the family's arrival and where Frank's youngest brothers, Michael (b. 1936) and Alphie (b. 1940) were born. Life in Ireland, and specifically life in Limerick City, in the 1930s and 1940s, is described in all its grittiness. The story ends when he finally gets the money together to go back to America. Frank McCourt relates the second part of his life in the book 'Tis.
Angela's Ashes won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Critics Circle Award. It was adapted as a feature film in 1999. He also won 7 other awards for Angela's Ashes.