In the extraordinary memoir that has won the praise of critics and the hearts of readers, Frank McCourt recountsthe heartbreak and humor of his astonishingly poor childhood. Gorgeously written from the innocent perspective ofyoung Frank, this is a memoir more dramatic, suspensefuland mesmerizing than most novels.
In the extraordinary memoir that has won the praise of critics and the hearts of readers, Frank McCourt recountsthe heartbreak and humor of his astonishingly poor childhood. Gorgeously written from the innocent perspective ofyoung Frank, this is a memoir more dramatic, suspensefuland mesmerizing than most novels.Frank McCourt was for many years a writing teacher at Stuyvesant High School and performed with his brother Malachy in A Couple of Blaguards, a musical revue about their Irish youth. He lives in New York City.