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Angela's Ashes (Spec Ed) |
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| ANGELA'S ASHES is the true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, whose personal memoir became a worldwide phenomenon. When eldest son Frank's baby sister dies and father Malachy can find no work, the McCourt family is forced to leave America and return to their native Ireland, where conditions are even more destitute than in Brooklyn. Malachy's northern accent is frowned upon in Limerick, which keeps him on welfare and the family living in poverty. Things turn even more sour when two more children die and Malachy leaves the family to go to work (or, better yet, drink) in England. He never returns. Frank struggles through the poverty and his new role as man of the house, but, even throughout the seeming hopelessness, his dream of traveling to America keeps him determined and optimistic. He gets a job as a postal messenger to pay for the trip and meets his first love on his route. He is also hired by the local money lender to write threatening notes to the town's residents who owe her money (basically everyone Frank knows). Her eventual passing gives him the opportunity to finally realize his goal. |
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