Angela's Ashes (AUDIO CASSETTE)

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Summary: ONE OF THE WORST BOOKS I EVER READ
Review: ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE! This is one of the most depressing, filthy, repetitive, boring books ever to be published. The people are well aware of their situation of being in poverty yet do nothing to try to better themseves. They are ignorant, crude, rude and obnoxious - a very poor example of the true Irish spirit and an insult to anyone from Ireland. Please -SAVE YOUR MONEY - DON'T BUT THIS BOOK! It isn't even worth one star and I am sorry I ever read it!

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Summary: A touching tale of the survival of the fearless
Review: I have read lots of memoirs before but none has touch me like the way "Angela's ashes" did. This book is a lesson for our generation of 'take-things-for-granted', an inspiration for the cynics who no longer believes in life and hope for those who are still trying to get through each and every of their painful seconds.I couldn't never find enough word to expressed my feelings and appreciations for this book. Despite of all the madness in this insane and incomprehensible world, I know there's always hope.

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Summary: Excellent story of a young boy surviving a tough childhood!
Review: Frank mcCourt is a credit to irish litrature with his wonderful story of a childhooh in a family living 'the hard life'! I LOVE IRELAND! Thiofidh ar lá!

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Summary: Very harsh but interesting
Review: I don't know how he survived his cruel childhood. I think it is a wonder how he has managed to get his life together. He is a honour to the Irish people. We are all very pround of him. He took care of his mother,father, brothers and sisters. I wish him the best of luck in the future!

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Summary: Excellent
Review: I am an avid reader whom enjoys all types of books, and I pick this book to be one of my favorites. No lengthy explaination needed. Buy it and enjoy.

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Summary: osclaigi leabhar agus leigh e! (open the book and read it!)
Review: As an American of Irish heratige, i don't know if Frank McCourt's story is accurate as it is beautiful, and I have heard mixed reviews by Irish persons (especially those from Luimneach). However, as a writer, I encourage everyone to read it. Irish or not, this is one book that is captivating in both subject as well as style. McCourt's book is a beautiful account of an exhausting childhood. Yes, there are your typical Irish stereotypes (ie. the drunk father), and this does anger some folks. Yet you can't dispute what McCourt's truth was. A drunk father and a cold, wet childhood were McCourts truths, and bless him for being able to survive it and tell it without bitterness, rather with beauty. So, osclaigi leabhar agus leigh e! You won't regret it.

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Summary: What a book...Enough said.
Review: I have never been so moved by a book before. Frank McCourt shows the negative side of Irish life in the 1930scmeanness, prejudice, bigotry and hypocrisyc Yet, he tells it in a funny way that has the reader in tears with laughter at times. That he was able to look back at such misery, squalor and unhappiness and still do this shows just how great an author he is. If you want a down-to-earth, realistic and in-your-face of Irish life in that period, you owe it to yourself to read this book. We can thank God that young Frank lived through his illnesscwhat a shame if we had not been told his story..

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Summary: Where would we be without a sense of humour?
Review: An eloquent tribute to the strength of the human spirit! Definitely not for the faint-hearted.

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Summary: Incredible book
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book-couldn't put it down. It's amazing for me to think I have nothing in the cupboard for dinner-when what I actually have is probably more than these people ate in one year! Anyway, a great read. I would highly recommend it.

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Summary: From laughter to tears and back again
Review: A story so rich with pain and tears. Poverty through the eyes of a child. This book made my heart ache for the suffering little ones all over this world. A humbling experience to read and live this mans life. A story so real it will put you there and haunt you when you have finished. There were parts where I was in tears yet Mr. McCourt would somehow ease the readers pain, and I'm sure his own while writing, with a humor that made me laugh at loud. A story that will touch every emotion and stay in your heart and soul long after the books end.