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This piece of nonfiction gives the reader a glimpse into an impoverished irish familys live. Frank mccourt, the pulitzer prizewinning author of angelas ashes and tis, discusses his 45 year career as a high school english teacher in new york city with scott simon, the host of nprs weekend edition. Angelas ashes audiobook frank mccourt, jeannette walls. Frank mccourt was born in new york citys brooklyn borough. Angelas ashes by frank mccourt on free audio book download. It details his very early childhood in brooklyn, new york, but focuses primarily on his life in limerick, ireland. The first edition of the novel was published in 1996, and was written by frank mccourt. When i look back on my childhood i wonder how i managed to survive at all. After 30 extensive years of teaching high school english, he decided to put his life in writing.
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