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Summary: A well written emotionally charged book, a must read.
Review: This book was the best I have read thus far, it is heartwarming, heartwrenching and heartfelt. It was wonderully written and extremely truthful. Its extraordinary, a must read!!!!
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Summary: A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN for our time.
Review: Never has a book grown on me in the reading the way this one did. Nothing I had heard or read about ANGELA'S ASHES prepared me for what it accomplished: by some stunning alchemy, the most degrading human experiences imaginable are rendered in the most lucid, sensitive prose imaginable, and the development of a man's heart and conscience is chronicled. I found it haunting, exhilarating, humbling, and I thank my good fortune that I stumbled across it.
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Summary: Spirited tale of a poverty stricken childhood in Ireland
Review: I had not read a book in a long time when I picked this up in a store and read the first page. I felt my heart leap. The book communicated it's earnest feel for life so well. I enjoyed the humour and child's eye view of the world. The upbeat tenor of the book despite horrendous setbacks in young McCourts life has to be experienced to be understood. This book is an affirmation of life. It could so easily be hideous with guilt and twisted bitterness. Historically these are times not to be forgotten especially when the powers of the time stood idly by. This is what books are written for.
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Summary: If you only read one book, this one should be it.
Review: I found this book to be one of the most beautiful and painful books I have ever read. I was amazed at Mr. McCourt's ability to portray such a devastating childhood without any malice or bitterness. I want to personally thank Mr. McCourt for giving me a perspective on how much bounty we take for granted in this country. The book took me longer to read than most because I kept getting up and going into my childrens' rooms and thanking God that I can feed and clothe them.
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Summary: AMAZING
Review: This book shows what the human spirit can do. I was completely infatuated with the abilities and fortitude of one small boy against amazing odds. It really made me realize (again) what whiners we have become!READ THIS BOOK!!
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Summary: Walk in a child's shoes in poverty ridden l930's Limmerick
Review: This book is soulful. This book is beautiful. This book's author is amazingly forgiving of neglectful parents who are emotionally crippled by a backward time and place where intense poverty is reinforced by a senseless class system. I was able to walk through the cold wet streets of Limmerick with Frank McCord and wonder at his tenacity and his families ability to keep going in an otherwise hopeless situation called their life. Where were my Irish Catholic ancestors in Frank Mc Cords stories? Were there white lace curtains in their windows or did they suffer the neglect, extreme poverty and starvation of the Mc Cords? So this is where the fierce often misplaced Irish pride comes from...I always wondered. Read this book. I started and stopped five pages in and then a month later started the book once again and could not put it down. Read it, it is a study of the persistence and survival of the human spirit. If Frank can survive so well and with such grace an! d wit after his childhood experiences, we all can survive... No complaining...just living through the good and bad..and learning from the experiences. Read this book...you won't feel sorry for yourself for a long time...puts our cushy American life in perspective.
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Summary: I will never forget this awesome book!!!!!
Review: How can an author have you crying on one page and laughing on the next. Especially when everything written is true. This book is clearly, the best and most memorable book I have ever read. Readers who consider this a depressing read just don't get it. Find someone who blames their problems on a disfunctional childhood and give them this book. My admiration and respect go to Mr. McCourt and his brothers.
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Summary: The Best Book I've Read So Far!
Review: This memoir is very moving. I love biographies and I have to say that this is the best one I've read so far. The story being told through the voice of a young child really brings it to life! I think that this book should be read by everyone who has a spot in their heart for a child in need. It has challenged me to make the life of at least one child better so that they don't have to live like the McCourts did.
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Summary: Heartbreakingly Beautiful
Review: You do not have to be an Irish Catholic Male to see the beauty of this book. The human spirit can be understood by everyone. Mr. McCourt tells his story so that it is every persons story. Bravo!
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Summary: Most who endure such poverty don't live to write about it
Review: Angela's Ashes is the best book I have ever read. I think that most who endure such poverty are either not well educated enough to write about it, or do not live to tell the story. The honesty is apparent without being sensational. I believe the book will eventually become required reading for school children. How refreshing to read something so honest and so well written.
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