A memoir of a childhood spent in Depression-era Brooklyn and then Limerick, Ireland, where poverty, a drunken father, dead infant siblings, and a devoutly Catholic upbringing shape a boy's slow, resourceful climb toward escaping back to America.
Books mentioned in Angela's Ashes (6)
The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith: “In seventh class he hands out a small book, a poem that goes on for pages and pages, The Deserted Village, by Oliver Goldsmith.”
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: “There's a book over there on the table, Gulliver's Travels.”
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift: “Look in the back for another thing, A Modest Proposal. Read that to me.”
Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes: “She brings me a book called Tom Brown's School-Days, which is hard to read”
Jail Journal by John Mitchel: “Dad lets me read his favorite book, John Mitchel's Jail Journal...”