Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.9
Points
23.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
141977
Points per Word
0.000162
Page Count
464
Points per Page
0.049569
Description
The author chronicles his impoverished childhood in Limerick, Ireland in the 1930s and 1940s, describing his father's alcoholism and talent for storytelling; the challenges and tragedies his mother faced, including the loss of three children.