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Narrated by:
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Frank McCourt
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Jeannette Walls - introduction
Pulitzer Prize, Biography/Autobiography, 1997
National Book Critics Circle, Biography/Autobiography, 1997
Frank McCourt's Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, movingly read in his own voice, bears all the marks of a classic. Born in Depression-era Brooklyn to Irish immigrant parents, Frank was later raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. His mother, Angela, had no money to feed her children since Frank's father, Malachy, rarely worked, and when he did, he drank his wages. Angela's Ashes is the story of how Frank endured - wearing shoes repaired with tires, begging for a pig's head for Christmas dinner, and searching the pubs for his father - a tale he relates with eloquence, exuberance, and remarkable forgiveness.
Listen to Frank McCourt talk about this book on C-SPAN's Booknotes (7/11/97).
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Critic reviews
"Frank McCourt is a marvelous writer whose words are made all the better when he reads them aloud..." (Bookpage)
"...one of the best I've heard in years." (The Boston Globe)
"...so good it deserves a sequel" (The New York Times)
"Here we have the stereotypical Irish characters - the drunken poet father; the all-suffering mother; the miserable, hungry kids being turned away by a haughty Church - all made three-dimensional and brought fully to life by both McCourt's language and his loving, intimate narration.... Grim it is - but the tale and its teller transcend the poverty - and so does the listener, who glories in the story and voice from beginning to end." (AudioFile)
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Thank you Frank McCourt!
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I can guarantee, absolutely, you won't be disappointed in the time you invest to sit through ANGELA'S ASHES (unless, of course, you're from the north, or some kind of a presbyterian).
Double your pleasure
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Fun Fiction Tale for this Non-Fiction Lover
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Great story about a life I would never want...
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However, the shining star of the book is Frank himself. He overcame the odds and wrote a wonderful narrative to a story of adversity, sorrow, and ultimately triumph.
A story of despair and truimph
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Fascinating
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This is a classic; a great piece of Irish literature that is also very entertaining.
Both my parents grew up in 1950s Limerick (McCourt's hometown) and the characters and events ring true. This one deserves all the awards it has received.
His follow up, 'Tis' is worth listening to as well, though it's set mostly in the States and doesn't have quite the impact of this, his first book.
A Must Listen
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LOVED IT, I think you will to.
In the top 3% of what I've listened to.
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Hauntingly troubling
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Funny and Heartwarming
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