Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir by Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes is an alternately funny and heartbreaking look at growing up in Ireland. Born in Brooklyn, NY, young Frank moves at an early age to Limerick, Ireland, with his parents Angela and Malachy, who have been unable to support their family in America and are hoping for better prospects in their home country. But things hardly improve once they settle in Limerick.