Angela's Ashes The autobiography Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt tells the life of the McCourt family while living in poverty in Limmerick, Ireland during the 1930's and 1940's. Frank McCourt relates his difficult childhood to the reader up until the time he leaves for America at the ...

"Despite the rags and hunger and pain, love and strength do come out of misery." Is what Vanessa V Friedman of "Entertainment weekly" concluded about Frank McCourt's hard fought struggles in Ireland. On the same uplifting note, Heddy-Dale Matthias of "The Clarion Ledger...

"Despite the rags and hunger and pain, love and strength do come out of misery." Is what Vanessa V Friedman of "Entertainment weekly" concluded about Frank McCourt's hard fought struggles in Ireland. On the same uplifting note, Heddy-Dale Matthias of "The Clarion Ledger...