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Key Information
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| Authors: |
Frank McCourt |
| Narrator: |
Frank McCourt |
| Fiction Genre: |
Biography & Autobiography |
| Awards: |
1996 National Book Critics Circle Award |
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Professional Reviews
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Kirkus: "An extraordinary work in every way. McCourt magically retrieves love, dignity, and humor from a childhood of hunger, loss, and pain." |
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Book Editions
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Format: Hardcover, 364
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (September 01, 1996)
Measurements: 10"(h) x 6.5"(w) x 1.25"(d), 1.2 lbs.
ISBN: 9780684874357 |
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| Publisher's Note: |
"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." |
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| Details: |
The author recounts his childhood in Depression-era Brooklyn as the child of Irish immigrants who decide to return to worse poverty in Ireland when his infant sister dies. Read by Frank McCourt. Book available. |
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