A review...
"'Angela's Ashes' is a chronicle of grown-ups at the mercy of life and children at the mercy of grown-ups, and it is such a marriage of pathos and humor that you never know whether to weep or roar - and find yourself doing both at once. Fear not: it ends happily; but all along, through each fresh horror of the narrative, you will be made happy by some of the most truly marvelous writing you will ever encounter."
~ Thomas Cahill

Loved it! The writing style was smart and the story absorbing. Looking forward to reading the sequel, T'is.

Sent to Ayntastic in a trade for A Clockwork Orange.

Thanks for the trade Kathtee! Can't wait to read it :)

This book enjoyed a brief stop in San Jose, CA before continuing its journey in the ABC Bookbox!

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I read this book several years back, and wrote the following:

Gorgeously written and heartbreaking, Angela's Ashes is everything a memoir should be. It captures childhood and the inherent innocence in the young, and the harsh realities that unfold one by one as a boy grows up. The family grows up in a world where a man can drink down a week's wages in a single night at the pub and no-one thinks to stop him; it is as far from my lifestyle as one can go. The children are half-starved and live on meager fixings of toast and weak tea; prisoners eat better! I tried to do that just for one day, to get a feel for what it was like - but I failed. My stomach just wouldn't stop growling, so instead of the slice of bread and cup of tea as the book describes my slice grew into half a loaf and the tea became milk.
Despite the depressing state of living, the book remains hopeful and often very happy, with humor all over the place.

This book returned in my ABC Bookbox. I'm not going to read this one so it's ready to travel.

This is reserved for Booklady331's ABC Virtual Bookbox.

This one wasn't chosen from Booklady331's ABC VBB, so it's available.

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Left on the bookshelf when picking up some cheddar bagels for the family. Enjoy the book!