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Summary: Angela's Ashes: an all around emotional autobiography
Comment: Angela's Ashes is an all around emotional autobiography. The author, Frank McCourt, gives the reader
a deep inside view of what his childhood was. He describes life in Ireland during the
depression.
Almost immediately after the book begins, feelings of grief, sadness, and lament
start to flow through the reader's mind. As Frank McCourt describes the hardship and struggles he
experienced, suck as extreme poverty, a drunken, careless father, deaths of young siblings, and lack
of food, the reader is led to a dead end of feelings of depression. Nevertheless, reading this
beautifully written story of a poverty stricken Irish family in the midst of the depression, the
reader understands and realizes truths that may be taken for granted in life.
Despite the
depressing subject matter of the story, it's quite uplifting, as in the end, Frankie fulfills his
goal and earns enough money to move back to America, where he was born. He has to begin working at a
very young age to support his family after his father deserts them, when he at last reaches the age
of 19, he finally puts enough money aside for himself and is able to return to America.
I would
highly recommend this book to others. I feel that it allows one to feel better about life even
though it may be full of suffering. It shows how important family is and how we humans should care
about others.

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Summary: captivating and expressive through the eyes of a young boy
Comment: In this book Frank McCourt opens the reader's eyes and heart to the struggle of a young boy and his
family trying to get by during the depression. After the death of his only sister in America,
Frankie and his family move back to Ireland. Unable to deal with watching his family waste away,
Malachy, the father, continually drinks all the wages and any money he can gets his hands on. As
the oldest, little Frankie is froced to deal with the knowledge of their poverty and shamefulness of
their begging. Many times he is forced to take responsibility and care of his younger brothers when
his father is out at the pub and his mother is in bed sick and mourning for her many loses.
I
have gained a new understanding of what it is to not have from this book. I read in horror as a
realized the babies were living on sugar and water because milk was too expensive. I can't imagine
having a childhood filled with such struggling and questioning as to wether there would be any
clothes and any food at all the next day. As I read further I realized how brave and determined
Frank was. Many times he could of given up hope, like his father, but he never stopped believing
that things would get better.
As well as being a account of the obstacles Frank McCourt faced as
a child, Angela's Ashes is also a touching and somewhat humorous book. It catches the attention of
the reader and installs a desire in their mind to read on through all the pain and hard times and
through this boy's childhood journey in search of hope.

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Summary: A really entertaining read
Comment: "Angela's Ashes" is the best memoir I have read since Dave Eggers' "A Heartbreaking Work of
Staggering Genius," though the books are hardly comparable. In this book, Frank McCourt has
delivered an entertaining and poignant work. Not having seen the movie or heard anything about the
book, I had no idea what it was about until I began reading. I was quickly reeled in by McCourt's
smooth narration and dialogue as he described his childhood, first in New York City, where he was
born, and then back in Ireland, where his family moved when Frank was still young. McCourt does a
wonderful job of describing his poverty-stricken upbringing without seeming to fish for sympathy. I
really enjoyed the insight into the plight of the Irish poor in the mid-20th century. But it was
the anecdotes and daily activities that McCourt writes about that kept me most entertained. I
thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and highly recommend it to all.

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Summary: Angela's Ashes Review
Comment: Angela's Ashes is a wonderful book written about the author's childhood. It tells of his difficult
family life, and the sickness and poverty in Ireland at the time. It's written beautifully in an
Irish dialect that makes you fell part of the book. The slang expressions used by the characters are
comical (i.e. "arse"). The book deals with serious issues like alcoholism and religion, and
sometimes it's depressing. The way the author uses flashbacks sometimes can confuse you, especially
as the family moves back and forth between America and Ireland. Overall, the best part of the book
is the easy storytelling style and the family love, which exists despite their problems.

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Summary: The Best Book I Have Ever Read
Comment: I am 13. I loved this book the moment i read it. I have watched the video and i was so moved by it
that i tried the book. i couldn't put it down. his story would not be as good as it is without
Frank's skill as a writer. i have never read tis though i know i will. at the moment i am desperate
to find out if he ever saw his father again, how Alphie, Malachy, Michael and Angela are and if they
ever joined Frank in America. I also want to know if he is married as i am desperate to know if he
has complete hapiness now.

my advice to you is -

READ IT WHAT EVER YOU AGE YOU ARE!!!!!!

AND
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT THEN SEE IT AS AN EXPERIANCE,

BUT IT'S WORTH THE MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!
HONEST!!!!!!!!!

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