Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Angela's Ashes

Frank McCourt #1

Frank McCourt

368 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography 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 80%
sad 76%
dark 54%
funny 47%
reflective 45%
challenging 21%
inspiring 19%
hopeful 18%
informative 15%
adventurous 9%
tense 7%
lighthearted 2%

Pace

medium 62%
slow 29%
fast 8%

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