Angela s Ashes 安琪拉的灰烬

Angela’s Ashes A Memoir FRANK MCCOURT A N G E L A ’ S A S H E S A Memoir • F r a n k M c C o u r t s c r i b n e r SCRIBNER 1230 Avenue of the Americas New Y ork, NY 10020 Copyright © 1996 by Frank McCourt All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Scribner and design are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster Inc. Designed by Brooke Zimmer T ext set in Adobe Bembo Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McCourt, Frank. Angela’s ashes: a memoir/Frank McCourt. p. cm. 1. Irish Americans—Biography. 2. Irish Americans—Ireland— Limerick (Limerick)—Biography. 3. McCourt family. 4. McCourt, Frank—Family. 5. Limerick (Limerick, Ireland)— Biography. I.Title. E184.I6.M117 1996 929'.2'0899162073—dc20 96–5335 CIPM ISBN 0-684-86483-5 This book is dedicated to my brothers, Malachy, Michael,Alphonsus. I learn from you, I admire you and I love you. Acknowledgments This is a small hymn to an exaltation of women. R’lene Dahlberg fanned the embers. Lisa Schwarzbaum read early pages and encouraged me. Mary Bre......