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Angela's Ashes (Paperback)

by Frank McCourt (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (173 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Flamingo; New Ed edition (15 Nov 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006510345
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006510345
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.1 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (173 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 149,533 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"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 clichés 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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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"Frank McCourt's gentle, understated voice throws into relief the admirable humour, spirit and humanity of the people who made the degradation of his childhood bearable." Gramophone 1/11/97 "It was Frank McCourt's year and his reading of Angela's Ashes on audio tape is the best reason I can think of for taking a long car journey." Irish Times 25/12/97 "Frank McCourt's reading is captivating from the first moment. Felicitous writing and harsh voicing combine to make an apparently dismal story absolutely hilarious." Evening Standard 22/12/97 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Childhood ashes, 9 Jan 2006
By Bogdana Voicu (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) - See all my reviews
It was amazing to fin a book in a brand new book shop in a brand new shopping mall in the Middle East... to find a book with nice covers, sad covers, brown covers, with a small boy leaning against a wall... somehow, I felt the need to grab it and read it, it looked so European that I could not refuse this pleasure to myself. But AFTER readng it, I was simply amazed... it is so sad that you just hope it was just a story... except that you read on the front page that the book is dedicated to Frank McCourt's brothers, who carry the names from the book, and THEN you get the whole poit... it is completely and emptying true. It is all about a child's view on his own childhood... pertinent and intellingent and full of refined humour... you really do not know whether the garndmother is heartless or just the funniest character ever... you could not say whether the father is to be hated or accepted and even liked (he is a drunk, inded, but he is a nice one, somehow)... and who could tell if Angela herself is a good mother (she cries in despair for her children) or she just neglects them and lets them be dirty and smelly... the characters are strongly individualised, you just love each and every one of them.
In a nhutshell... i offered this book as a Crhristmas present to one of my best friends... she loves it and now it is her favourite... I still have a few more pages to read, and I have a feeling that I will always, but always remember details of this book. Recommendation? Read this book alone, isolated by the world... you will get into it like never before with a book.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Cathartic - Cathartic -Cathartic. Amen., 25 Jun 2001
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Dear Frank, your book Angela's Ashes is the book I intended to write, but never had the "guts" to tackle. Like you, I lived my early years in desperate and unrelenting poverty in Englands equivalent of Limerick - Catholic Widnes. Every word, sentence, and paragragh described my childhood so unerringly that as I read I felt as though I was locked in discussion with you. Which in truth I was, inasmuch as I found myself crying and angrily exclaiming in agreement as page after page told "my story". Cathartic - Cathartic. Thank you for proving that human spirit can rise above and triumph over poverty and degradation imposed through the sacraments of manic religious indoctrinators. Just how long are the starving children of this world expected to accept near death in this life for a reward from God if, and when they reach heaven? My intended version would not match yours for humour, because I just couldn't recall much that was humourous about those times. Your version was a revelation to me and caused me for the first time ever, to consider forgiving my sworn enemies the Catholic Church and it's teachers, and to get on with and enjoy whatever time is left to me. I close by telling you that, through reading your books my family have at last gained some insight into what "ails me".

Thank you.

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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A never to be forgotten story., 28 April 2008
By Leeds lass "The Banker" (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Angela's Ashes (Paperback)
Much praise for this book, and the movie is even better. Well done to frank mccourt for finding the words..
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5.0 out of 5 stars On my top list of books
This book will stay with you long after you've read the last line. An incredible true story of growing up in Ireland in absolute poverty. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dr Phibes

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Old Irish Story.
I bought this as a gift and understand that it is an excellent true story of a family growing up in poverty and of the struggle to survive such hardship many years ago in Ireland... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mother of Pod.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Finest Memoir from the Foremost Memoirist of Our Time
In a time when memoirs became the finest expressions of high literary art, "Angela's Ashes" ascended with alacrity to become the most exalted of them. Read more
Published 2 months ago by John Kwok

5.0 out of 5 stars a great bargain
A recent newspaper review of Frank McCourt's works prompted me to look for a copy of Angela's Ashes. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dr. J. K. Chisholm

2.0 out of 5 stars Sentimental, Superficial and Repetitive.
When you've read the first couple of chapters, you've read as much as you need. The tale is very repetitive and the characters, once established in superficial outline, do not... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Don

4.0 out of 5 stars Better listened to than read
The voice of an old Irishman, Frank McCourt, tells the story of a young American boy of Irish descent, his journey to Ireland with his beleaguered family, and his eventual return... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. SD Halliday

4.0 out of 5 stars Poignant and funny but relentlessly unhappy
Angela's Ashes is a poignant, funny and cynical memoir of Frank McCourt's poverty-stricken childhood, drawing together the sadness of loss and the craziness of the society within... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Talc Demon

5.0 out of 5 stars How an Irish child dreams
Angela's Ashes is a delicious novel of a child. The world's going to be understood by a young Yankie and I always find that gorgeous. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Roberto Oddo

5.0 out of 5 stars worth a read
I had this book for a while before reading it and even lived in Limerick for a while before reading it, but when I did get around to it, it was well worth it. Read more
Published 13 months ago by OK

5.0 out of 5 stars The film will have to be good to do this book justice
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