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Maybe this was his cartharsis, and if so, then I understand and hope it brought healing. Over half of the book I would say involves sexual overtones, and I am just don't think all that vivid description is necessary.
It starts out slow and I would have put it down had I known the ending at the beginning. I am only giving this book one star as I was so disappointed in its content.
However, he puts so much sexual content in it that I don't think is necessary. The author makes one feel something with real meaning is coming, but it never does.
He does do an excellent job of describing the poor and the hard times they had which makes one want to cry and weep over the misery of that period. I think the author has never really gotten over that aspect, and that is probably why it comes out so much in the book.
I am glad so many enjoyed it, maybe I am the oddball.
It is very sad and hard to believe that it really happened to those poor kids. This is such a great book. I loved it. But I couldn't even put it down. At the end of the book I was so upset that it didn't "end." I guess I should have known there was a sequel.
Great service with very fast delivery. Nice touch. The book was in excellent condition and priced very inexpensively. The email I received detailing the time frame for delivery (from UK to US) was personable and made me feel like I was the "only" customer they had. With delivery originating in the UK I fully expected delivery to take a few weeks, but, it came within days. Great experience all around.
This is a book that will enrich your spirit and make you feel so grateful for not only ever meal you eat, but for your health as well. Frank suffers the loss of his twin brothers and little sister. It is simply an amazing book.For the genre Non-Fiction:Memoir, I am going to rate this book a 10 OUT OF 10. I only wish that I could meet him.
His life was a remarkable one and I can't imagine living through the hardships that he's endured. 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. Frank's story in Angela's Ashes is one that contains so many unbelievable hardships, yet at the same time the reader is amazed by his resilience and continued fight to make something of his life and return to America.Lisa lent me this book and told me that it was one of her favorites. I don't know how it is that I had never heard of this book nor movie.
He is instructed to read it aloud to the class.This book is written without quotation marks and is written in his true voice. Frank's father is an alcoholic that causes his family to live in squalor as he spends any money he earns in the pub until it is gone. I can see why. I have since learned that Frank McCourt received the Pulitzer Prize (1997) and National Book Critics Circle Award (1996) for Angela's Ashes. This story is the one of Frank McCourt's, an Irish-American who was raised in Limerick, Ireland.
To avoid spoilers for those who have not read this excellent book, I will instead share with you one of my favorite parts of the book. Frank has written a composition on the Lord entitled "Jesus and the Weather" for an assignment in school. There are many songs, poems and other such recitals within the book. There are so many endearing and wonderful things that Frank shares in the book that will stick within the confines of my mind for a lifetime. Reading this book was so overwhelming to me. He lived a childhood in extreme poverty and nearly died of typhoid fever. What an amazing thing that would be.
He is also the author of `Tis, which continues the story of his life, picking up from the end of the Angela's Ashes and focusing on life in America, and Teacher Man about his challenges as a teacher with his students. Its tale was remarkable and I felt such a sense of gratefulness for the life that I've lived in comparison to Frank's. On Sher's "Out of Ten Scale:"If you have not read this book, it needs to be added to your MUST READ list.
Mr. In this book none of the characters have quoted dialogue. McCourt's tragic tale is compelling and heartbreaking. I thought this would make the story boring, maybe a little dry. I was wrong. He never gives up, through it all he keeps on going. It's a good story and an interesting look into history.
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