Angela's Ashes- Have you read the book?

[Callie]

I saw Frank McCourt on, I believe, “Good Morning America” and maybe “60 Minutes” too, shortly after “Angela’s Ashes” became such a hit. He impressed me as a bitter and angry man. As I recall he said that he had felt this way all his adult life and he wrote the book to express these feelings. I made the mistake of listening to him read the book on tape. I experienced the same dark and morose feelings and didn’t finish it. One time I read a true story of a family who nearly starved to death on the eastern plains of Colorado because of drought and poor management. The story teller and her family had awful things happen to them, but the writer shared none of McCourt’s black feelings of despair.

 

[sherilo]

ChristineK:

I think Frank McCourt is a master storyteller, and Angela’s Ashes should be read from that perspective. However, his anti-Catholic bias is very apparent in the sequel, 'Tis.
While I found Angela’s Ashes interesting and moving, 'Tis left me cold.

My sentiments exactly. Also, the movie adaptation of Angela’s Ashes, in my opinion, was dismal. The novel, as a story, was much better.

Sherilo