Frank McCourt

"Frank McCourt's Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, movingly read in his own voice, bears all the marks of a classic. Born in Depression-era Brooklyn to Irish immigrant parents, Frank was later raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. His mother, Angela, had no money to feed her children since Frank's father, Malachy, rarely worked, and when he did, he drank his wages. Angela's Ashes is the story of how Frank endured - wearing shoes repaired with tires,...

"'Tis is the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur. Frank lands in New York at age nineteen, in the company of a priest he meets on the boat. He gets a job at the Biltmore Hotel, where he immediately encounters the vivid hierarchies of this "classless country, " and then is drafted into the army and is sent to Germany to train dogs and type reports." "When Frank returns to America in 1953,...

Based on the children's book 'Angela And The Baby Jesus' by Frank McCourt, comes a funny, heartwarming, poignant story about the power of family and the innocent desire of a child to ensure everyone is safe, warm, and loved at Christmas time.