Angela's Ashes : A Memoir (CD-Audio)

from ANovelMenagerie

The Story This story is the one of Frank McCourt's, an Irish-American who was raised in Limerick, Ireland. It is his life story from his earliest memories in New York through his life in Ireland until he returns to America at age 19. His life was a remarkable one and I can't imagine living throug...

from ddelmoni

I've owned this book for 10 years and repeatedly shied away from reading it. What a mistake. Within the first 3 pages it was obvious why Frank McCourt won the Pulitzer. This book is hilariously funny, beautifully written and poignant. I identified with the characters and the stories having grown ...

from turtlesleap

One of the hallmarks of a good memoir, for me, is the author's willingness to "bleed out" on the page. McCourt does, in a disconcertingly cheerful, matter-of-fact way. His revelations about his boyhood and is family are made more rending by his refusal to engage in self-pity. A terrific read.

from davidabrams

Has there ever been a worse life than Frank McCourt's? Certainly, if you were a slave on a Mississippi plantation in the 1850s or a Jewish resident of Auschwitz in the 1940s, you would say that McCourt had it pretty easy over in Ireland. Still, it's hard to deny the power of McCourt's memoir "Ang...

from Djupstrom

One of the best books I have read in a long time. McCourt has a way of making his repeated tragedies seem lovable and morbidly funny at the same time. This is a perfect example of the literary memoir.