Stunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourts sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s. Angelas Ashes is Frank McCourts sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s. It is a story of extreme hardship and suffering, in Brooklyn tenements and Limerick slums - too many children, too little money, his mother Angela barely coping as his father Malachys drinking bouts constantly brought the family to the brink of disaster. It is a story of courage and survival against apparently overwhelming odds. Written with the vitality and resonance of a work of fiction, and a remarkable absence of sentimentality, Angelas Ashes is imbued on every page with Frank McCourts distinctive humour and compassion. Out of terrible circumstances, he has created a glorious book in the tradition of Irelands literary masters, which bears all the marks of a great classic.