Customer Reviews
worth a read - By: OK, 16 Sep 2008 
I had this book for a while before reading it & even lived in Limerick for a while before reading it, but when I did get around to it, it was well worth it. I honestly don't know what to say about it. I would believe what the author has written & he describes Limerick well (it's a lot better now, except for the rain)
I don't think this book is about hard time as much as getting away from them. In the book Frankie refers to going to America a lot & is determined to get a better life.
I'm glad this book was written & I'm glad I read it, now alll I have to do is read the rest of them.
A never to be forgotten story. - By: Leeds lass, 28 Apr 2008 Much praise for this book, & the movie is even better. Well done to frank mccourt for finding the words..
The film will have to be good to do this book justice - By: Eclectic Reader, 06 Apr 2008 Somewhere on this page Amazon is telling you that people who bought this book also bought 'Tis' & 'Teacher Man'. You may as well do it now as the postage will be cheaper & you'll end up buying the other two anyway once you've read Angela's Ashes.
Angela's Ashes was McCourt's first book, introducing us to his impoverished upbringing in the States & rural Ireland. Sickening at times & upsetting, this true story will also make you laugh at loud. McCourt's natural (Irish) wit & colourful language make even the bleakest parts worth the read.
Being autobiographical (like 'tis' & 'teacher man') you get a real sense of the man & how he carried his upbringing with him throughout his life. A natural writer & a person of no smalll integrity he is handicapped by his own low self worth. Now that he's a successful published author I hope he still has his feet on the ground & his head in the clouds.
I've not seen the film but will do so, it'll have to be good to live up to this book.
What a story! - By: L. Roberts, 04 Mar 2008 I had seen parts of Angela's Ashes on TV & thought what a bleak, miserable story it looked. I was a bit hesitant about reading the book at first but came across a box set of Frank McCourts work & what can I say - WOW - what a writer... compelling, thought-provking,humorous & sincere....I read Angela's Ashes in a day & was left wanting more....now I am reading Tis (the story after he returns to America) & I am just as in awe.... a definite must for keeping on my bookshelves for years to come....
A MUST READ!
Totally fascinating throughout - By: Chelli, 14 Jan 2008 This amazingly detailed story of Frank's shockingly poor childhood in Ireland is brutallly honest & very well written.It is in parts sad & in parts funny,but always very touching.Frank writes very evocatively of how life was growing up in Limerick in such dire poverty.The story is fascinating throughout & full of interesting stubborn Irish characters.
