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Angela's Ashes (Large Print)

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Angela's Ashes (Large Print)

by Frank Mccourt

Georgetown | November 1, 1999 | Trade Paperback

Wheeler Publishing, Inc. is proud to introduce our New affordable paperback Large Print books. We hand-picked a selection of our most recent best selling titles and are offering them in a paperback version at less than half off the hardcover price. These paperbacks are designed for libraries with limited budgets, or those who would like additional copies of their strong circulating titles. (All Large Print Press paperback titles are currently available from Wheeler in hardcover.).

The quality of these books are in keeping with Wheeler''s famous high standards. The trim size is 6X9" and text is set at 16 point. All have full-color covers and are designed for easy reading and comfort.

Because many libraries enjoy the convenience and savings of our standing order plans, we will offer a Large Print Press Paperback Standing Order. This standing order includes 16 titles annually, and will entitle you to a 10% discount. If you currently have another standing order with Wheeler, we''ll pay your shipping and handling as well. Because of our already low prices, we will not offer a 10% discount on individual titles ordered. For more information about the Standing Order, please see pages 26-27.

Please try these new Large Print Press paperbacks. Your patrons will find many hours of reading enjoyment with less eye strain.

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    Rating: 4/5

    An Inspirational Memoir

    arrial

    8 months ago

    Excellent writing but very disturbing circumstances make this memoir a must read.
    This memoir will give anyone inspiration as we watch Frank McCourt fight and survive the many obstacles ( and there are many) of his extremely dysfunctional,
    poverty stricken, Irish Catholic life. Told through the voice of a young Frank McCourt, at times you will cringe with disgust, but on the flipside you will laugh at the thinking of young Frankie, especially if you were brought up in the RC church. I am looking forward to reading the followup to this memoir"Tis"

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    Rating: 4/5

    Beautifully Dismal!

    Belladoll

    2 years ago

    I found this one truly infuriating, frustrating and heartbreaking! But, there was also a lot of humor, and he always seemed to hold onto a glimmer of hope.

    McCourt goes through his early years, telling about his upbringing and hardships, living with his drunken dead beat Father, and a Mother that really was never given any real help. He shares the losses of his 4 siblings, sicknesses different family members went through, and gives really good insight of what it was like for him growing up.

    He gives great descriptions of everything, and reverts back to his childhood mind to write the book. It's set in Ireland in the late 1930's, and the story follows him till he's 19.

    Not a happy story, so don't read if you're looking for an upper!

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    Rating: 4/5

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    Monica Nitulescu

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    2 years ago

    Heartbreakingly beautiful. It is such a sad story, but told masterfully. Wonderful writing!

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    Cindy Gillett

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    Loved this Book!

    Cindy Gillett

    13 years ago

    This was one of the best books I have ever read. I have not been able to think of food in the same way since. Everytime I have a "whole" egg to myself, I think of how Frank would have loved this! This book really makes you count your blessings.

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Wheeler Publishing, Inc. is proud to introduce our New affordable paperback Large Print books. We hand-picked a selection of our most recent best selling titles and are offering them in a paperback version at less than half off the hardcover price. These paperbacks are designed for libraries with limited budgets, or those who would like additional copies of their strong circulating titles. (All Large Print Press paperback titles are currently available from Wheeler in hardcover.).

The quality of these books are in keeping with Wheeler''s famous high standards. The trim size is 6X9" and text is set at 16 point. All have full-color covers and are designed for easy reading and comfort.

Because many libraries enjoy the convenience and savings of our standing order plans, we will offer a Large Print Press Paperback Standing Order. This standing order includes 16 titles annually, and will entitle you to a 10% discount. If you currently have another standing order with Wheeler, we''ll pay your shipping and handling as well. Because of our already low prices, we will not offer a 10% discount on individual titles ordered. For more information about the Standing Order, please see pages 26-27.

Please try these new Large Print Press paperbacks. Your patrons will find many hours of reading enjoyment with less eye strain.

About the Author

Frank McCourt, 1930- Frank McCourt was born in 1930's Brooklyn to Irish immigrant parents, Malachy and Angela. At the age of four, McCourt and his family moved back to Ireland and settled in Limerick. Shortly thereafter, McCourt's father abandoned the family to a life of poverty and struggle that shaped young Frank's life and future profession as a writer of his own memoirs, the critically acclaimed Angela's Ashes. McCourt attended school until the age of 14, at which point he was forced to drop out to help support the family. In 1949, he scraped together enough money to afford passage back to America. Once there, he worked odd jobs until his decision to go back to school and persuaded New York University to allow him acceptance among the ranks of the collegiate. McCourt began to teach in 1970 at Seward Park High School in Manhatten's Lower East Side. His students led lives similar to his own meager beginnings and in an effort to connect with them, he told them stories of his own impoverished childhood. Hoping to stimulate his income, McCourt occasionally wrote articles for newspapers and magazines, all the while continuing to write down his memoirs. In 1972, McCourt began teaching at the prestigious Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan where his students constantly delighted him and urged him to pursue his own writings, even as he urged them in their prospective talents. In 1994 McCourt retired from teaching to finally take the time to write the story of his life. After so many years of taking notes and writing down anecdotes, McCourt had compiled an impressive history. This history became the critically acclaimed Angela's Ashes, which hit bookstores in 1996 and went on to become a Pulitzer prize winning story in 1997. McCourt also wrote 'Tis, a book almost as well known as Angela' Ashes. He always told his students to write what they know and write it from the heart. In taking his own advice, he earned the highest honors possible for an author to achieve.

Edition Details

Large Print Edition

Trade Paperback

6.02 x 9.12 x 1.19 in

November 1, 1999

Georgetown

English


156895963X
9781568959634

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