Angelas Ashes Summary
Beginning of paper
"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 ....
Middle of paper
.... for
diapers, begging a pig's head for Christmas dinner and gathering coal from the
roadside to light a fire, Frank endures poverty, near-starvation and the casual
cruelty of relatives and neighbors--yet lives to 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.
ORAL BOOK REVIEW
"When I look back on my c ....
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Page count: 8 (approximately 250 words per page)
