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ANGELA'S ASHES |
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Rating: Summary: A Delightful Must Read Review: The only negative thing I can find to say about this book is that I have no idea, after reading it, where the title comes from. After that there is nothing but good. McCourt injects pathos in potentially miserable situaions, and humor where there is grimness. His style is unique because, given the subject matter, the reader expects a ponderous tome but here, instead, is a comic jaunt into despair. And it is this 'jaunty' quality which allows the reader to read on despite the misery, despite the anger at the father, the desire to shake the mother and to slap a few relatives along the way. At the end one can only hand it to the victims of poverty who survive to write with such wit and humor. Thank you Mr. McCourt for sharing, and for giving the reader moments of laughter when a person in that situation must certainly find nothing to laugh about. A potentially depressing book rendered delightful. Certainly a MUST READ.
Rating: Summary: Amazing Review: I have listened to tales of Irish poverty from the father of a friend of mine, but until I read Angela's Ashes the vividness of just how deep that poverty was never jumped out at me. I couldn't put the book down, and I can't help but think about the father of my closest friend, who survived the same type of childhood. It's absolutely amazing, and Frank McCourt writes it so well it just gets stuck in your hea.
Rating: Summary: Great book Review: This is a great book about a man who escaped brutal poverty. Irish folks need to chill out though. No one said all Irish people are like the ones in this book. No need to get all mad about it.
Rating: Summary: This is one of best books I have ever read Review: I have read many books in my time, but this book is one of my favorite. It made me laugh durring one passage and cry the next. It is a thoughtful account of a truly miserabule childehood that most never have to expeirance. It is one of the most ingaging and truthful books I have ever read, it reminds me of James Herriot. I love this book and I think everyone should read it. 'nuf said.
Rating: Summary: Angela's Ashes Review: I am an Irish Catholic American who was also poor. This book brought back many memories of my father and his brothers and the stories they told us while growing up. After reading Frank McCourt's book and experiencing all of his emotional highs and lows, I was reminded of a song my family used to sing. It went: On Monday we had bread and gravy. On Tuesday, was gravy and bread. On Wednesday and Thursday by way of a change, we had gravy without any bread! I never took that song seriously until now. Mr. McCourt is to be praised for his story telling and his perserverance. Thank you for a wonderful read.
Rating: Summary: Homage to Stupidity Review: Yes this is a great story--but nowhere have I seen any review which dares to say--"The McCourts where failures as parents ,an alcholic and his codependent wife who stood by immersed in their false irish pride and delusions they would have been prosecuted for child endangerment ,if not manslaughter . This book practically affirms every biased , bigoted ,racist stereotype of their neer do well drunked irish .Yes the child sees his parents through nostalgic eyes of love---but the truth remains -his father was a selfish drunken bum---and if his mother had one once of common sense she would have thrown him out ---The book becomes a homage to the stupidity of the parents,thier relatives. the Catholic Church ,and Ireland. I couldnt stand this depressing tale of child abuse but pressed on --hoping somehow his mother would do something to save these children---. What ultimately saved Frank? A luxky break--he was born in the U.S.A and was ultimately use his U. S. citzenship to bail out of the isle of misery.I'm an Irish-American and can say this book has sickened me forever of the tales of the "Emerald Isle" and its inhabitants--
Rating: Summary: Angela's Ashes Review: There are a number of words that might describe this wonderful book - haunting, beautiful, lyrical, tragic, sad, funny and loving. Frank McCourt grew up in Limerick in the kind of poverty that is unimaginable in the present day and yet survived to tell the tale of his useless drunken Protestant looking father with the odd way about him and his neglected, lazy, anxious and bewildered mother who picked coal off the road and begged for food and slept with the landlord to pay the rent with love, affection and, above all, unvarnished truth and supreme wit. Told through a child's voice, sparing no feelings on any side,including his own, this is a book that is so beautifully written and so hard to put down that you will find yourself laughing and crying until the early hours of the morning. Unforgettable.
Rating: Summary: I laughed, I cryed, I learned! Review: Mr. McCourts story is astonishing and powerful. The honesty in his voice draws you in and the his tale won't let you go. This is a story that will stay with me always; the images are forever ingrained in my mind. I suggest everyone read it and learn from it. Angela's Ashes will walk you through life in anothers shoes.
Rating: Summary: Well worth the read! Review: Well this book has gotten a lot of hype, But I must admit is is well worth the read, and for sure in the top 5 books I have ever read.. I think you must go into this book not expecting much, you will get alot out of it that way... McCourt has the ability to make you feel as if you are actuelly the child, and through out the hole book you are either laughing at the small jokes, or crying at the drama in it... A must read for those who love emotional books.
Rating: Summary: Wonderful Book Review: This is a book that will make you cry, laugh, get angry, depressed, happy and all at the same time. It is sometimes slightly graphic, but not so much by today's standards. Mostly it is honest. You feel as though you have visited a time in history that was very hard for everyone the world over and you arrived at the lowest common denominator. You can't imagine that it could get much worse than this, yet there is hope and there is survival in the end. Frank McCourt has a conversational style that immediately engages you giving you the feeling that you are sitting around the fireside with him. I couldn't put it down.
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