Genealogy Books - Angela's Ashes

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Summary: A funny thing about HELL
Comment: One might question the sanity of a person who could laugh at the painful impoverishment depicted in
Angela's Ashes, but I shamelessly laughed out loud many times.

McCourt's memoir is so cleverly
written that good readers are sure to see his bittersweet tongue in his cheek as he uses humor to
recover from a woeful childhood. I think the moral of the story is that if he can survive the Irish
perdition, there is much hope for all of us.

WARNING: the movie does little justice to this fine
work by McCourt.

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Summary: Amazing. Absolutely Amazing.
Comment: Growing up in an Irish family, I always knew that no one could tell a story like an Irishman. So
reading Frank McCourt's moving tale of his childhood in the slums of Limerick, Ireland, was like a
flashback to my childhood, to those days of listening to Aunts & Uncles and my Grandmother telling
stories about their younger days; Specificlly the way they could tell the most horrible story, and
still manage to get a belly laugh out of it, while also bringing a tear to your eye. I can't tell
you how many times I laughed out loud reading this book, only to find myself crying over the very
next paragraph. As Frank himself says on the first page, it's a miracle he (And his Brothers)
managed to survive childhood.

This book truly deserves all the accolades that have been heaped
upon it. I finished it last night, and I'm already reading Malachy McCourt's book, A Monk Swimming,
and I can't wait to start the sequel to Ashes, 'Tis. This is a remarkable book, one of the best I've
ever read.

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Summary: America or Bust
Comment: Frank McCourt�s memoir of his childhood in Depression Ireland is a tale of a struggle against
poverty, orthodox religious affirmations and nationalistic fervour. What lifts him from human
degradation is ambition and the sheer will to live. His fascination for America is his salvation as
he drives himself to achieve the ecstatic vision of the Statue of Liberty. McCourt�s depiction of
human strength is simple yet profound. He is a talented storyteller. This is a must read for all who
are in the brink of giving up hope.

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Summary: A Wonderful Mother
Comment: Despite the misery that the McCourt family had to live through, there was a tremendous amount of
love and warmth holding the family together. Angela, the mother, did everything she could for the
children, often depriving herself of food and clothing to give to her children. In the end, it was
the love and nurturing that greatly contributed to the strength of character that her children
developed with at least two becoming successful authors in the US. A good story about parenting
even in the harshest of conditions.

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Summary: Angela's ashes
Comment: This book is about poverty with a very poor family in irland and the book takes you through a bunch
of things that the family endures in their life so if you are into reading about these things this
is a book for you.

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