Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

426 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
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For use in schools and libraries only. The author recounts his childhood in Depression-era Brooklyn as the child of Irish immigrants who decide to return to poverty in Ireland when his infant sister dies.

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Moods

emotional 80%
sad 77%
dark 50%
reflective 50%
funny 47%
challenging 22%
inspiring 22%
hopeful 20%
informative 15%
adventurous 10%
tense 9%
lighthearted 5%

Pace

medium 59%
slow 30%
fast 10%

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3.96

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