Genealogy Books - Angela's Ashes

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Summary: Prize Potato
Comment: I thought this was going to be a good read after all it won the Pulitzer Prize and every other
person on the underground has been reading it. Don't get me wrong it was a good read, but what I
didn't know was it would ruin my diet. I developed a strange craving for mashed potato and
soft-boiled eggs, which are usually two of my least favourite foods. But did it make me want to
revert to Catholicism? With all those Priests slamming doors - not a chance! I'll carry on
practicing my Pagan beliefs and wish Frank McCourt well-healed shoes and all the boiled eggs and
mashed potatoes he can eat.

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Summary: Can starvation be made humorous?
Comment: I will be absolutely frank (no pun intended) here and let you know this was a difficult read for me.
The memoirs of Frank McCourt were so devastating that I simply wanted to put it down and never
remember that I had ever heard of it. So why did I continue to read it? It is beautifully written
and I had such hopes that these children who knew nothing but starvation, death, chilled bones, bed
bugs, and tragedy from the day they were a seed in their mothers womb, could find a bit of joy and
happiness in their lives. And as Frank McCourt shared his dreary childhood with me through this
novel, he added lots of humor. I found myself smiling when I knew I should have been weeping.
Without this humor, I don't know if I could have read about the alcholic father that worked all week
only to take his money and spend it at the pub getting drunk while the children and his wife were
home with no food, having to beg neighbors and strangers for something to eat. Without McCourts
humor I don't think I could read about how the children were beat and belittled by their teachers as
well as other children in the name of learning. Without a bit of humor I couldn't have forged on
through the shameful treatment in the name of God that was dumped on this family by the church.
When I think about the life of these children and this family I guess without a few laughs in their
lives they wouldn't have made it through their lives either. So I guess you are wondering if I
recommend this book...yes. Why, because this book is life. Maybe not your life, and maybe not my
life, but sometimes we need to know what other people have went through, and are going through to
know.... my life isn't as bad as I thought!

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Summary: Angela's Ashes
Comment: I started out reading this book and became somewhat bored with it. I would read a little and set it
down for quite sometime before picking it up again. I thought it was slow and although it was
interesting, I couldn't stay with it. Once I had read it half-way, I started to really get attached
to little Frankie McCourt. I found it amusing and painful at the same time... Towards the end I
could not put it down, and the ending wraps up nicely. Looking back, I enjoyed this book far more
than anticipated.

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Summary: McCourt's Masterpiece
Comment: As a high school teacher and a published novelist (my debut book is in its initial release), I
understandably found myself attracted to ANGELA'S ASHES by Frank McCourt, himself an educator and an
author. In ANGELA'S ASHES, Mr. McCourt recounts the struggles of his youth in Ireland, his battles
against poverty, and his desires for a better life. ANGELA'S ASHES is an inspiring book that is
beautifully written. I recommend it highly to everyone.

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Summary: Couldn't stop reading
Comment: Frank McCourt did a wonderful job bring his readers back to his tragic childhood in Ireland. Poverty
was something that his family struggled with and it did not help the situation as his father was a
hard-core alcoholic who prefers to spend his dole money on drinks even though his family is barely
surviving. McCourt also had to deal with the deaths of his sibblings due to improper care and lack
of food.

I like this book a lot because it makes us think of how fortunate we are, to have food,
loved ones and at times, we don't appreciate what we have. This book also gives a good perspective
of how difficult times were after the Great Depression and how World War II were able to provide
jobs for a lot of people and helped to boost the economy.

I think this book is quite funny too
besides the problems faced by the McCourts. The author did a great job in observing his surroundings
and also find humors in difficult times.

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