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Summary: Excellent
Review: A book you won't be able to put down
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Summary: What a great storyteller Francis grew up to be!
Review: I was so moved by this book. I heard of it from so many of my friends that I reluctantly decided to read it, I didn't think a sad depressing story would be a good read. How wrong I was! I could not put this book down and rushed to by 'Tis the minute I finished this one! So far, more of the same which is what I craved! The best thing about this book to me is that it may be just the thing I needed to finally quit wasting money! I am so much more thankful for all that I have and all that I am able to provide my children, thanks to seeing how life could be...there but for the grace of God go I. Thank you Frank, your story is amazing! You are a great writer!
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Summary: As Long As You're Alive, You Have It Better Then Some People
Review: Even though I am only 14 I decided to read this book for an Outside Reading Project for school. After reading this book it made me realise the little things in life are so important! The little things like: a mother not out living 3 of her children; having soles on the bottom of my shoes; and haveing a meal on the dinner table that consists of more then tea and bread. I appalud Frank McCourt for sharing his life experence with the world in a faboulus book. I also appalud Frank for helping the normal person realise that there are more important things then seeing who can surf the internet the longest, or who can become a millionare the quickest. What is important in life is that you have a loving family and even though things may seem rough at times there are people less fourtunate then you.
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Summary: A story for the People
Review: As soon as I read the first few pages of this riveting memoir I was intrigued. Frank McCourt made me feel the hunger, the humilation and even the laughter that he felt as he told his troublesome childhood. Even the writing style Frank McCourt used intrigued me, he used no quotations, no real sentence structure and threw in little Irish poems through out the book. The poems at first I skipped then I began to read them and they added a lot to my experince of the book. I began to enjoy his style as the book progressed and now quotes bother me and seem to be a waste. I really enjoyed his sentence structure it flowed very smoothly to me. After reading this book I will never say we have nothing to eat in the house unless we have absolutely have nothing to eat in the house. This was the struggle that little Frankie had every day growing up in the slums of Ireland. I loved his humour as well as the sadness he made me feel. Frank McCourt had me feeling that my life is quite good. One thing I loved about the book was that no matter how many times Frank's Dad spent the dole on the pint he still seemed to love him to this day and had no hatred. This book was one of the most interesting and inspirational books I have ever read.
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Summary: Be Thankful
Review: In Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt touched me by his use of simple, straight forward use of vocabulary. In his writing, it was easy to tell that he wrote his true feelling while growing up, holding back nothing. When I read the book, it was like I was being told the story from a little, poor Irish boy, not an older man. McCourt's ability to do this created much more of an impact on the reader. It is amazing that he could remember such detail from his childhood. I started to feel like Frank McCourt, poor, hungry, and abused. At the same time I told myself never to complain about hunger or the need of clothes or shelter again. Not many books can do that for me, but this one did.
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Summary: A Good Book!
Review: Angelas Ashes has got to be one of the most depressing books I have ever read. And yet I was unable to put it down, not even to wipe away the tears that came from reading about the hunger and saddness the McCourt family faced in Ireland. Being an Irish Catholic myself, I was easily able to relate to many of the experiences Frankie encountered. McCourt's writing style also made an impact on me. His very simple, easy to understand word use and his ability to make the book sound as if a young irish boy was actually telling the story directly, makes Angelas Ashes one of the best novels I have ever read.
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Summary: Tis Wonderful!
Review: I remember years ago reading "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Russian author, Solzhenitsyn, and for weeks after I read this book, I could not take a bite of food without thanking God that I had something to eat & for everything that I was blessed with. Angela's Ashes is the first book I've read since that has had the same effect. America is becoming interested in the Irish, with our first introduction to beautiful Roma Downey, on Touched by an Angel (who makes you just want to cry on her shoulder), who also alludes to her difficult childhood in Ireland with the death of her mother and the constant fighting between Catholics & Protestants. She did a show recently on Ireland that also made me cry, which indicates the Irish capacity to move people to intense emotion and to almost bring you into their pain. People have criticized Frank McCourt's style of writing & his long run-on sentences, etc., but part of what I enjoyed about his book was this unique style. It was very easy reading, and I held my breath through every page, praying he and his brothers would get something to eat before each day was over. I will not usually buy a sequel in Hardback--I wait for the cheaper paperback, but I immediately bought the sequel to this book. It's incredible reading!
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Summary: I skipped a lot of paragraphs
Review: I simply did not identify with the style that Frank McCourt wrote this book. I found myself skipping pages to get to better parts. Perhaps it was what was happening in my life at the time, therefore I could not allow myself to get swept up in it. Though I do want to say that my Mum, Brother and friend all thoroughly enjoyed it and as my Mum said, "when he ran down the street I was running with him". She found it totally unputdownable. I did get from it though the way life was back then and will definitely go see the film. I think this is the type of book YOU must make up your own mind to read. Most people I know have loved this.
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Summary: the ultimate true life story!
Review: this pulitizer winner is a must read and its undownputable! I really liked it a lot! I plan to read Tis when it come out in paperback!
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Summary: Hear the Voice
Review: I could listen to Frank McCourt's lyrical voice all day long. His stories are wonderful, and his voice is the perfect accompaniment for them. I encourage everyone who loves to read to experience the voice of the author as well. Frank McCourt is a great place to start. "Angela's Ashes" is still one of the greatest books I've listened to (or read). The cost of the unabridged tapes is worth it!
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