Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

363 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
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McCourt's Pulitzer Prize winning look back at his childhood. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while... Angela's Ashes is Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in ...

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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%

Average rating

3.96

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