Angela´s Ashes

by Frank McCourt | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0684843137 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingBookworm-ladywing of Madrid, Madrid Spain on 1/25/2016
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4 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by wingBookworm-ladywing from Madrid, Madrid Spain on Monday, January 25, 2016
"In the extraordinary memoir that has won the praise of critics and the hearts of readers, Frank McCourt recounts the heartbreak and humor of his astonishingly poor childhood. Goergeously written from the innocent perspective of young Frank, this is a memoir more dramatic, suspenseful and mesmerizing than most novels."

Journal Entry 2 by wingBookworm-ladywing at Madrid, Madrid Spain on Saturday, October 15, 2016
Reserved for Diane-Fraser's INTL Shrinking VBB.

Journal Entry 3 by wingBookworm-ladywing at Madrid, Madrid Spain on Friday, June 9, 2017
Reserved for Greenbadger, who picked it from the Shrinking VBB.

Journal Entry 4 by wingBookworm-ladywing at Madrid, Madrid Spain on Saturday, June 17, 2017

Released 6 yrs ago (6/17/2017 UTC) at Madrid, Madrid Spain

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Sent today to Greenbadger, who picked it from the INTL Shrinking VBB.
Enjoy!:)

Journal Entry 5 by winggreenbadgerwing at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Saturday, June 24, 2017
Chosen from the Shrinking VBB. Thanks very much Bookworm-lady!

Journal Entry 6 by winggreenbadgerwing at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Friday, July 13, 2018
McCourt's horrific memoir of his dreadful childhood in Ireland, with alcoholic father, a full quota of strange relatives/neighbours, appalling living conditions and the consequent distressing childhood illnesses. This is entertainingly described and well-written, so I can see why it won the Pulitzer Prize. Somehow I failed to make an emotional connection to the story though, perhaps because the reader knows all along that McCourt is now successful and living in New York.

Journal Entry 7 by winggreenbadgerwing at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Monday, October 15, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (10/15/2018 UTC) at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom

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Sent to Delphi_Reader from round 15 of the First Sentences VBB.

Journal Entry 8 by wingDelphi_Readerwing at Delphi - Δελφοί , Fokida Greece on Saturday, October 20, 2018
Wow! I'm aware of this book since donkey's years and I always wanted to read it, but somehow I haven't manage to do so till now. Maybe it's about time : )
Thank you very much Bookworm-lady for originally registering it and greenbadger for offering the book through the First Sentences Virtual BookBox (and for your beautiful postcard)! Much appreciated!

First Sentence: " My father and mother should have stayed in New York where they met and married and where I was born. "

Journal Entry 9 by wingDelphi_Readerwing at Delphi - Δελφοί , Fokida Greece on Monday, July 29, 2019
I "enjoyed" Angela's Ashes a lot. It is a book describing a very hard childhood, but somehow the author manages to retain the perspective of his 2 or 5 or 15 years' old self along the narration and to include sparks of humor and a tragicomic effect that makes his text flowing and much lighter that you'd think.

As a side note I always question the accuracy of memoirs. Authors usually trim some corners or alternate events to make reading more interesting or pleasant or poignant and even when they don't lie or say half truths intentionally, still I don't think they can narrate/recall the facts down to the last iota...
After all how can one remember everything since the year he was born? He just describes incidences coming down through other people's memories or family jokes or what imagination is now part of his own concience as fact.

Still I think that Frank McCourt did a great job here and I feel he didn't stray much from reality. I'm intrigued to check his next books now and find out how his life turned after the end of the book...

Thanks once again for sharing!

Journal Entry 10 by wingDelphi_Readerwing at Sweepstake, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, October 12, 2019

Released 4 yrs ago (10/14/2019 UTC) at Sweepstake, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases

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This book is travelling to meet the winner or decoy of the last round of Book and Bookmark Sweepstakes, along with another book for variety!

Enjoy!

Journal Entry 11 by wingLadyIndigowing at Orange, New South Wales Australia on Monday, November 11, 2019
waiting for me when i got home from my travels

thankyou :) so much for your interesting parcel of (2) books and lots of bookmarks
and congratulations on your win for this sweepstakes

i have read angela's ashes a long time ago and i did see this on a wishlist not so long ago, so i expect it shall be travelling as a christmas surprise

thanks again
happy reading

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