Angela's Ashes won several awards, including the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography,[8] the 1996 National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography),[9] and the 1997 Boeke Prize.
Frank McCourt was elected Irish American of the Year in 1998.
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When they arrive in Ireland, the McCourts go to see Malachy’s parents in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Grandpa is considerate of Angela, but Grandma is cold toward her son’s family.
Angela struggles to feed her growing family of sons, while Malachy spends his wages on alcohol. Griffin wielded a heavy kind of power over the household, and took advantage - emotionally, psychologically, sexually. He despises most people...
