SCRIBNER 1230 Avenue of the Americas NewYork, 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 Text 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