Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

363 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
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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 ...

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Moods

emotional 80%
sad 77%
dark 51%
reflective 50%
funny 46%
challenging 23%
inspiring 22%
hopeful 19%
informative 16%
adventurous 10%
tense 9%
lighthearted 4%

Pace

medium 60%
slow 29%
fast 10%

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