Frank McCourt (1930-2009) was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, grew up in Limerick, Ireland, and returned to America in 1949. For thirty years he taught in New York City high schools. His first book, Angela's Ashes, won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. In 2006, he won the prestigious Ellis Island Family Heritage Award for Exemplary Service in the Field of the Arts and the United Federation of Teachers John Dewey Award for Excellence in Education.
Malcom Jones, Jr. Newsweek It is only the best storyteller who can
so beguile his readers that he leaves them wanting more when he's
done. With Angela's Ashes, McCourt proves himself one of the very
best.
Michiko Kakutani The New York Times The reader of this stunning
memoir can only hope that Mr. McCourt will set down the story of
his subsequent adventures in America in another book. Angela's
Ashes is so good it deserves a sequel.
Malcom Jones, Jr. Newsweek It is only the best storyteller
who can so beguile his readers that he leaves them wanting more
when he's done. With Angela's Ashes, McCourt proves himself
one of the very best.
Michiko Kakutani The New York Times The reader of this
stunning memoir can only hope that Mr. McCourt will set down the
story of his subsequent adventures in America in another book.
Angela's Ashes is so good it deserves a sequel.
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