Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

460 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction memoir dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

Description

"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 79%
sad 78%
dark 52%
reflective 48%
funny 46%
challenging 23%
inspiring 21%
hopeful 20%
informative 16%
adventurous 9%
tense 8%
lighthearted 3%

Pace

medium 59%
slow 30%
fast 9%

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3.95

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