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Angela's Ashes: A Memoir of a Childhood | 
 enlarge | Author: Frank Mccourt
Publisher: HarperCollins Audio
Category: Book
List Price: £10.99
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Rating:  165 reviews
Sales Rank: 197549
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Abridged Ed
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 4.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0001053094
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780001053090
ASIN: 0001053094
Publication Date: May 6, 1997
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: VERY GOOD CONDITION - DOUBLE CASSETTE TAPE AUDIOBOOK - DIFFICULT TO FIND IN SHOPS - SHIPPED QUICKLY FROM THE UK
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Amazon.co.uk Review
"Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood," writes Frank McCourt in Angela's Ashes. "Worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." Welcome, then, to the pinnacle of the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. Born in Brooklyn in 1930 to recent Irish immigrants Malachy and Angela McCourt, Frank grew up in Limerick after his parents returned to Ireland because of poor prospects in America. It turns out that prospects weren't so great back in the old country either--not with Malachy for a father. A chronically unemployed and nearly unemployable alcoholic, he appears to be the model on which many of our more insulting cliches about drunken Irish manhood are based. Mix in abject poverty, and frequent death and illness, and you have all the makings of a truly difficult early life. Fortunately, in McCourt's able hands it also has all the makings of a compelling memoir.
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 A never to be forgotten story. April 28, 2008
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
Much praise for this book, and the movie is even better. Well done to frank mccourt for finding the words..
The film will have to be good to do this book justice April 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Somewhere on this page Amazon is telling you that people who bought this book also bought 'Tis' and 'Teacher Man'. You may as well do it now as the postage will be cheaper and you'll end up buying the other two anyway once you've read Angela's Ashes.
Angela's Ashes was McCourt's first book, introducing us to his impoverished upbringing in the States and rural Ireland. Sickening at times and upsetting, this true story will also make you laugh at loud. McCourt's natural (Irish) wit and colourful language make even the bleakest parts worth the read.
Being autobiographical (like 'tis' and 'teacher man') you get a real sense of the man and how he carried his upbringing with him throughout his life. A natural writer and a person of no small integrity he is handicapped by his own low self worth. Now that he's a successful published author I hope he still has his feet on the ground and his head in the clouds.
I've not seen the film but will do so, it'll have to be good to live up to this book.
What a story! March 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had seen parts of Angela's Ashes on TV and thought what a bleak, miserable story it looked. I was a bit hesitant about reading the book at first but came across a box set of Frank McCourts work and what can I say - WOW - what a writer... compelling, thought-provking,humorous and sincere....I read Angela's Ashes in a day and was left wanting more....now I am reading Tis (the story after he returns to America) and I am just as in awe.... a definite must for keeping on my bookshelves for years to come....
A MUST READ!
Totally fascinating throughout January 14, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This amazingly detailed story of Frank's shockingly poor childhood in Ireland is brutally honest and very well written.It is in parts sad and in parts funny,but always very touching.Frank writes very evocatively of how life was growing up in Limerick in such dire poverty.The story is fascinating throughout and full of interesting stubborn Irish characters.
Great Book! December 17, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt is one of my favorite books. It has an important place in my heart because after reading it I came to love books. The writer has an incredible skill and knows how to involve his readers. Once you start reading it, you are not able to stop!! In this book you can find funny episodes, but also sad situations. I highly recommend this book - it will change your life!
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