Historical FictionChildren's
Angela and the Baby Jesus
2007·36 pages
A tender Christmas tale of six-year-old Angela in early-1900s Limerick, who frets that the Baby Jesus is cold in the church crib.
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A tender Christmas tale of six-year-old Angela in early-1900s Limerick, who frets that the Baby Jesus is cold in the church crib.
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"When my mother Angela, was six years old, she felt sorry for the Baby Jesus in the Christmas crib...." Frank McCourt's first Christmas book is by turns tender and heartwarming, and wholly unforgettable. Angela is six years old and worries for the Baby Jesus on the altar of St. Joseph's Church near School House Lane in Limerick, Ireland, where she lives. December nights are damp and cold, and the church is dark. The Baby Jesus' mother doesn't even have a blanket to cover him, The Baby is sure to...
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Central nativity plot; church crib, Baby Jesus statue, Christmas faith
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Background family hardship and poverty in early-1900s Limerick
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