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EAN: 9780007205233 Edition: New Ed Format: Import ISBN: 0007205236 Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: October 10, 2005 Publisher: Harper Perennial Studio: Harper Perennial Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Depressing - Those Poor ChildrenI read this story for a book club, and that sense of accountability was the main reason that I finished it. The McCourt family's life did not have to be so bad, and the children did not have to be malnourished. I know we have no right to judge others, but how could the parents keep spending what little they had on alcohol and cigarettes and give the babies sugar water to quiet them when they were hungry? Didn't the children deserve some kind of priority? Didn't this ... Read More Rating:  - Trust MeI was loaned this book by a friend. He told me just to "trust him" and read it. I was hesitant and wasn't sure if I would like this book, but now you can "trust me". If you have any interest at all in Ireland, culture, sociology, or that particular time period you will love this insightful memoir. This book will stay with you, and after only a dozen pages you will be hooked and unable to put it down. Rating:  - Solid, but could have been greatThe basic problem with it is that while McCourt's life of poverty in Ireland is interesting and there are a couple of dozen well written passages and anecdotes, the work is atrociously edited. All the more galling for the lack of good editing is that this was McCourt's first book- he needed the help. The book is about 450 pages long and the 1st 300 pages deal with his first 6 or so years of growing up. We get the same images of infant death, Irish blarney, drunken dad, suffering mom, stalwart Frankie, ... Read More Rating: - ANGELA'S ASHES By Frank McCourtJuly 1999. That summer was blistering hot and full of anticipation. Waiting for my beautiful son to arrive into our arms from Korea. I had just finished up working full time in a children's Day Treatment program. I wanted the summer to "nest"... to prepare for my son's arrival. I spent the past two years of my social work career, day after day, listening to the stories of children. Suffering. And when permitted the children ... Read More Rating: - Loved it, loved it, loved it.McCourt's child protagonist and his over-riding optimism, his natural-born inclination to make the best of things, makes an otherwise grim tale not only bearable but uplifting and heroic. Despite the daily, brutal grind of poverty, this child still manages to experience, wallow in, simple joys. Due to McCourt's honest voice, I felt every one of this kid's untidy, conflicted emotions. I LOVED this kid. But after reading some of the criticism here, I think some people forget that this is first ... Read More |
