In this memoir, Frank McCourt looks back with sadness and affection at his first 18 years growing up in New York and Ireland. The book combines stories of hunger, poverty and social deprivation with a celebration of the human spirit, laughter and human kindness.
Accolades
Winner of Whitaker Platinum Book Award 2001.
Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Biography 1997.
Winner of Royal Society of Literature Award 1996.
