Genealogy Books - Angela's Ashes

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Summary: OK - Here is another 5 star vote.
Comment: Rarely do I read a book that holds me to the end like Angela's Ashes. I read a lot of the popular
bestseller prizewinning fiction and this one is one of the best. Add my 5 stars to the overall
rating. It deserves it.

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Summary: horrible
Comment: I did not like this book at all! I have never disliked a book so much. I read it because I like
biography style book but this one was filled with whining. He should never have used the X-rated
parts at all and the ones that he did were VERY excessive and explicit. DON'T READ THIS BOOK UNLESS
YOU HAVE TO!!!

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Summary: A very well written memoir with more than a touch of humor
Comment: This book was a wonderful break from the average traditional memoir. The story is not only told
through the eyes of the subject (in this case, young Frank McCourt himself), but it is told through
the eyes he had at that time. For example, when recounting events from his very early childhood, he
writes as a very young boy would think. He doesn't understand death, he doesn't know why his father
is an alchoholic, he doesn't know why his mother is always crying. As the story progresses and he
gets older, his perception changes and he begins to see the world with the greater understanding
that each passing year brings.
In the midst of this tragic tale of poverty and despair, one
cannot help but notice the humor. Oddly enough, this fits in very well with the tale. We have to
laugh as the young 'Frankie' attempts to understand the elements of life (death, poverty, etc.), and
does so by creating for himself explanations which, though they seem to us absurd, could easily be
conjured by a young boy.
The great strength of this book lies in the way Frankie looks at the
world. He lives in horrible circumstances, and as he ages he becomes increasingly aware of this
fact, and yet he still manages to find pleasure in life. He does not, of course, think his life is
perfect, but he knows it's HIS life and he seems to accept it.
If this book were nothing more
than complaining and whining about his poor, miserable childhood, it would be a waste of time.
Angela's Ashes is just the opposite, however. We truly can see a childhood filled with sadness and
poverty, not from the point of view of a grown man looking back, but through the eyes of a dirty
little Irish boy.

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Summary: a touching memoir
Comment: Angela's Ashes has to be one of the greatest books i've ever read. it was written with so much love
and candid honsesty. i laughed, cried, got angry, and laughed some more. Frank McCourt writes with
so much detail and precision that you feel as though you are actually there in Ireland with him.
Though at times you can feel his bitterness you can also hear his forgiveness in the way he writes.
you grow up with him and by the end of the book you are sad to put the book away. Angela's Ashes is
now one of my most treasured books. i don't let anyone borrow it for fear they might dirty it up. i
do highly reccomend this and its sequel, "Tis" to anyone looking for a great and classic read.

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Summary: boring
Comment: Firstly: we already know how the story ends, though we may not know how the book ends. He grows up,
writes a boo-hoo story, and gets rich. It may be too late since it's been out for a long time and
made into a movie and all that, but if it's not too late: DON'T READ THIS BOOK. Secondly: I don't
know how it won the Pulitzer. It was not well written. Thirdly :It was so boring I couldn't finish
it. Granted, great books are often boring. Moby Dick, for example. Took me weeks to read that,
but at least it was WELL WRITTEN. My dad said "give it time, it gets better." I said, You mean
sadder? "yeah, that's what I mean." Give me a break. Let's all feel sorry for rich Frank McCourt
who has more money than we've ever seen.

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