{"product_id":"angelas-ashes-9780007205233","title":"Angela’s Ashes","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: McCourt, Frank\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eIreland\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 October 2005 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperPerennial) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 432 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 30 | 308g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 Malachy's drinking bouts constantly brings the family to the brink of disaster. It is a story of courage and survival against apparently overwhelming odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Written with the vitality and resonance of a work of fiction, and with a remarkable absence of sentimentality, ‘Angela’s Ashes’ is imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's distinctive humour and compassion. Out of terrible circumstances, he has created a glorious book in the tradition of Ireland's literary masters, which bears all the marks of a great classic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McCourt, Frank","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55744725975418,"sku":"9780007205233","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780007205233_b6c8bc01-cc66-4469-a13b-44f349f77cff.jpg?v=1758044986","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/lt\/products\/angelas-ashes-9780007205233","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}