Listening to angelas ashes is an example of how an audiobook can bring a dimension to literature that raises the medium far above the convenience of listening on the go. Frank mccourts pulitzer prizewinning memoir, movingly read in his own voice, bears all the marks. Angelas ashes audiobook by frank mccourt, jeannette. It is a story of extreme hardship and suffering, in brooklyn tenements and limerick slums. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Angelas ashes is the story of how frank endured wearing shoes repaired with tires, begging for a pigs head for christmas dinner, and searching the pubs for his father a tale he relates with eloquence, exuberance, and remarkable forgiveness. His first book, angelas ashes, won the pulitzer prize, the national book critics circle award and the l. When i look back on my childhood i wonder how i managed to survive at all.
Born in brooklyn, new york, on 19 august 1930, frank francis mccourt was the oldest son of malachy and angela sheehan mccourt. Though some think of this book as sorrowful, many who have heard mccourt tell his story can hear. Angelas ashes by frank mccourt overdrive rakuten overdrive. Angelas ashes by frank mccourt book summary youtube.
Angelas ashes, book by frank mccourt audio book cd. For thirty years he taught in new york city high schools. Frank mccourt interview on angelas ashes 1997 youtube. Listen to angelas ashes audiobook by frank mccourt. A memoir by irish author frank mccourt pulitzer prize for autobiography 1996 duration. Author frank mccourt shares his pulitzer prizewinning memoir, angela s ashes, which recounts his impoverished childhood in ireland. Listen to frank mccourt talk about this book on cspans booknotes 71197. The book is an autobiography on frank mccourt growing up in. Angelas ashes by frank mccourt on free audio book download. Imbued with frank mccourts astounding humor and compassion and movingly read in his own voice angelas ashes is a glorious audiobook that bears all the marks of a classic.
Angelas ashes is frank mccourts sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in new york in the late 30s and in ireland in the 40s. Buy the audio book cd book angela s ashes by frank mccourt at indigo. Angelas ashes is frank mccourts memoir of his childhood in ireland. Then came tis, his glorious account of his early years in new york.