Genealogy Books - Angela's Ashes

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Summary: Slow moving downer of a book
Comment: Very slow read. I found it hard to get into because the same things kept happening to Frank,
(hunger, drunk father, poor home life)but the only thing that changed was his age. Read it in my
book club and none of us really liked it. We watched the movie and it was okay, but it skipped a
lot of the story and the order of things that occurred in the book were not the same as in the
movie. The movie gave the mother more of a voice and made the viewer want to feel sorry for the
father-the book did the opposite. My opinion: don't bother with it.

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Summary: An Eye Opener
Comment: This is a bittersweet story about growing up without the things most of us take for granted in our
everyday lives. It opened my eyes and made me realize how much worse off my life could be. This book
is about a poor family that has to get over their pride and beg for food and coal and other
necessities in order to survive. Readers may get a little bored with learning more and more about
the terrible life of poverty,but Frank McCourt lightens the load with the humor children can bring.

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Summary: WONDERFUL!
Comment: This book truly is a masterpeice. I loved the way Frank McCourt wrote the way a seven year old would
think when he was explaining this life as a seven year old, and his perspective on things really
made me think about my life as a whole, and how lucky I really am, I Reccomend this book to all who
have the time to read it, and I can't wait to read the sequel.

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Summary: Magical and Entertaining
Comment: I like books that can draw me into other worlds, and this book certainly does that. In this book,
author Frank McCourt gives an honest and detailed memoir of his miserable Irish Catholic childhood.
I was amazed during most of the book what people will do out of ignorance and poverty and slavish
devotion to a religious idea. The style of writing captured my interest from the first page. The
horrors of growing up in extreme poverty were vividly portrayed, but it wasn't that much of a
downer. In fact, you wish young Frank and his family well. McCourt's ability as a writer is a
powerful picture of his creative powers. He weaves a magic spell.

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Summary: What an eye-opener!!
Comment: "Angela's Ashes" is one of the best books i have read in a long time. Athough it may seem like an
extremely long book it keeps your interest throughout the whole story. It is written in the best
view imaginable, that of a childs. Frank McCourt is a poor boy who moved from New York back to his
parents homeland, Ireland. He is the oldest of 7 children, three of them died however. His family
is extremely poor and his father is nothing but a raging alcoholic. It is a wonder to me how this
poor child made it through his childhood and how could he ever possible find the courage to write
about it. Overall, i gave this book four stars because it was a really realistic book. To learn
all about his life made me realize how fortunate so many people are. It was an extremely moving
book and i think everyone should read it.

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