Angelas Ashes Summary

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tell his tale with eloquence,
exuberance and remarkable forgiveness.
Angela's Ashes is colored on every page with Frank McCourt's astounding
humor and compassion. It is a glorious book that bears all the marks of a
classic.


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"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to
survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is
hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the
miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic
childhood."
So begins the luminous memoir “Angela’s Ashes” of author Frank
McCourt. Born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and
raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. This novel was the number one New
York Times Bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Also, this book is
now a major motion picture. The sequel to Mr. McCourt’s memoir has also
been released and is entitled “ ...

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This three deaths all occur in the first
chapter of the novel, so you can see how death plays a major role in this
story.
Throughout the book you will hear of how Frank’s family is very poor
and poverty-stricken. Frank’s father Malachy does not work but when he
does get work he drinks all his money in the pubs. The family remains poor
throughout the novel. They wear patched shoes, rags for diapers, and drink
sugar and water when they are hungry. On some nights they are lucky
enough to get a piece of bread. If the day comes when the children receive
meals like meat and potatoes, it is given to them from someone else out of
pity. This novel is set in ...

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