Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt
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Book Summary Author: Frank McCourt Edition: Paperback Format: Bargain Price Published: 1999-05-25 ISBN: N/A Number of pages: 368 Publisher: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster |
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Book Reviews of the Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
Customer Review: 3/4 Great, 1/4 Yikes
Summary: 2 Stars
"Angela's Ashes" is an autobiographical story of Frank McCourt growing up in Ireland during the depression and World War II. Through the entire book I just really wanted something good to happen to this family, but it never does.
The first probably 3/4 of the book is incredibly eye-opening. It was amazing to me how little this family could live with, especially food. It made me see how resilient people can be, how little we really need, and the terrible circumstances some people live in.
If you don't read anything else in the book, the chapter on Frank's first communion is worthwhile. I was in tears reading it to my husband, laughing so hard at Frank's grandmother's horror at Frank throwing it up in her backyard.
Overall, I don't recommend "Angela's Ashes." It was bad while he was young and poor and that was difficult to read, but the last about 1/4 of the book the story turns south. Think young man growing up. He gets a little too much 'excitement' when he's alone and sometimes with others. Maybe McCourt is happy sharing his blatant immorality, but I don't need to read about it.
I love when I finish a book, close it, and just have to sit and breathe for a few minutes and let the greatness of it all soak in. When I finished this there wasn't even a hint of that. More like, "That was it?" There was some good, but it didn't overwhelm the bad.