A review by mauifluff
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

5.0

This book was hilarious and infuriating. God help us all from the misfortune of a useless man. Told from the viewpoint of the author, Frank confides to us the stories of his childhood first with childish misunderstanding and then gradually with exploratory candor as he grows up. The humorous bluntness of innocence and adolescent selfishness is a veil over the deeply tragic events of the narrative occurring in the backdrop. I FELT this story. I cried for the desperation of Frank’s mother and raged at the weakness of his father. This is one that has stayed with me months after reading it.