num_pages: 363
description: The author recounts his childhood in Depression-era Brooklyn as the child of Irish immigrants who decide to return to worse poverty in Ireland when his infant sister dies
language: English
title: Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
titlecomplete: Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
characters: Frank McCourt
genres: Ireland, Biography, Historical, Memoir, Nonfiction, Classics, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Irish Literature, History
ratings_count: 616739
places: Ireland, New York (State), Limerick
series: Frank McCourt
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: American Booksellers Book Of The Year  Award
category: Adult Trade, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Audie Award
category: Nonfiction, Abridged, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Biography, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography/Autobiography
publisher: Demco Media