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. n n n 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 brings the family to the brink of disaster. It is a story of courage and survival against apparently overwhelming odds. n n n Written with the vitality and resonance of a work of fiction, and with 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. n