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Angela's Ashes
Author: Frank McCourt

"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." — So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCou... more »

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ISBN-13: 9780684842677 ISBN-10: 068484267X Publication Date: 5/25/1999 Pages: 368 Rating: Currently 4/5 Stars. 741 4 stars, based on 741 ratings	Publisher: Scribner Book Type: Paperback Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD Reviews: Member \| Amazon \| Write a Review

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Currently 1.5/5 Stars.

Joelle V. (JoellevdB) reviewed Angela's Ashes on 4/24/2007 + 37 more book reviews

13 member(s) found this review helpful.

This book won the Pullitzer prize and is excellent. It is hard to understand the kind of poverty that drove so many immigrants to this country. This book recalls the Northern Ireland childhood of the author and is the story of his family and their survival. An amazing story that is, in a way, the story of many of our grandparents who came here to find a better life not only for themselves but their decendants- us. If you are not grateful, you will be after reading this book.

Currently 1/5 Stars.

Marci and Duane S. (flame60) reviewed Angela's Ashes on 9/24/2007 + 200 more book reviews

10 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is a very moving and heart wrenching story of a young boy's life. It details life in Ireland, in the poorest sections of town, most of the time in gruesome and honest detail. I'm glad I read it, but it's not for everyone. It deals with severe alcoholism, emotional and physical neglect of infants and children; and basically , "man's inhumanity towards man".

Currently 4/5 Stars.

Keri (TXGrobanite) reviewed Angela's Ashes on 3/27/2007 + 270 more book reviews

10 member(s) found this review helpful.

I had never heard of this book before coming on PBS...I saw it when I did the search option, and thought it sounded good, and it is now one of my top favorite books of all time. What a great book, and now that I have it, I don't know if I will part with my copy or not. :-) I highly recommend it, very very good reading.

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