Jane Rollason

Frank McCourt

Korean edition of a New York Times bestseller and the Pulitzer Prize-winning book ANGELA'S ASHES: A Memoir by Frank McCourt. Despite extreme poverty and desperation of his childhood McCourt recounts his early age in an affecting and uplifting voice in this luminous memoir. Translated by Kim Lucia. In Korean. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Angela's Ashes

Jeni Enjaian

This is a very difficult story to read (or listen to) just because of the harsh realities portrayed in the book. What makes it so difficult is the fact that these harsh realities were unfortunately all too real for many other children like Frank McCourt, children who lack McCourt's gift of storytelling. 
Memoirs/autobiographies are a bit difficult to review because they lack many of the structural aspects of a novel or a nonfiction biography.
That being said, McCourt navigates through his life telling the story of his childhood with brutal honesty that never stoops to begging for sympathy. That's a huge plus in my opinion. 
The one thing I don't understand (though I probably could with a little research) is the significance/relation of the title to the story. I know his mother's name is Angela but this is a memoir about his life... The fault is most likely on my end for not picking up on the significance. 
I definitely recommend this book but with the qualification to be prepared because this beautiful story is definitely not pretty.

Angela's Ashes

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