Frank McCourt on 'Angela's Ashes' Noah Adams talks to writer Frank McCourt, who has published his first book at the age of 66. It chronicles his childhood in Limerick, Ireland -- years spent in abject poverty. His father spent his wages on liquor; he lived in a cramped home on a decrepit back lane; he vividly remembers the gnawing pain of hunger. But along with the bitterness and anger, he also writes of childhood games and having a vivid imagination, and of his passionate love for books. He came to America when he was 18, and now teaches high school in New York City.

Frank McCourt on 'Angela's Ashes'

Frank McCourt on 'Angela's Ashes'

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Noah Adams talks to writer Frank McCourt, who has published his first book at the age of 66. It chronicles his childhood in Limerick, Ireland — years spent in abject poverty. His father spent his wages on liquor; he lived in a cramped home on a decrepit back lane; he vividly remembers the gnawing pain of hunger. But along with the bitterness and anger, he also writes of childhood games and having a vivid imagination, and of his passionate love for books. He came to America when he was 18, and now teaches high school in New York City.