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Angela's Ashes
- Narrated by: Frank McCourt
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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Summary
McCourt’s Pulitzer Prize winning look back at his childhood. “It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while…”
“When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.
People everywhere brag or whimper about the woes of their early years, but nothing can compare with the Irish version: the poverty; the shiftless loquacious father; the pious defeated mother moaning by the fire; pompous priests; bullying shcoolmasters; the English and the terrible things they did to us for eight hundred long years. Above all we were wet…”
So begins Frank McCourt’s stunning memoir of his childhood in Ireland and America, a recollection of unvarnished truth and no self pity, of grinding poverty and indomitable spirit that will live in the memory long after the tape has ended.
Now a major film directed by Alan Parker and starring Robert Carlyle and Emily Watson.
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- Ngariad
- 23-10-24
Gutted that it was abridged
One of my most favourite books. A great shame that it was abridged - so much of it was lost.
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- Wal
- 11-12-18
Great story told in a great Irish accent
brilliant can't wait for next episode in Frank's life, what a laugh I nearly pood myself
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- Anonymous User
- 26-07-24
Leaves you wanting more
Th ending was poor in a story to short. Still worth a listen if I am honest
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- AvidListener
- 01-12-17
One of my favourite audiobooks all time
I have listened to this book several times - I used to own it on CD too before Audible, and I keep coming back to it. The whole series is great, but this first one is the best.
Frank McCourt’s narration is excellent, he has a fantastic reading voice that works so well with the text.
The book is both funny, sad and very interesting.
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- Charlotte
- 08-11-20
Good listen
Good book very emotional
Good film as well
Heartwarming and real will listen to it again
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- Cynthia
- 11-06-08
Angela's Ashes-GREAT!!
Great listening, difficult to switch off. Very true to how Ireland and the Catholic Church were at the time and at least through the 50's and 60's. Hopefully it's not so bad there now.
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- Wirral life
- 03-11-14
Lovely story
If you could sum up Angela's Ashes in three words, what would they be?
Sarcastic, funny, Inspirational.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Angela's Ashes?
When he 'helped himself' to the dead woman's loot...I kept on laughing at his use of words there
What does Frank McCourt bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
I am into accents and hearing the rich Irish and american accents made me feel as If I was there watching it all.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes...very sad that it was abridged.
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- Hibley
- 28-01-24
Why Abridged?
I loved it and wanted more! Great narration. I’ve read the books but was so much better having it read by the author himself.
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- Theodora Narkwa
- 04-10-23
Angela’s ashes
I was told it was a good book to read by my husband who read the Italian version of it. I ordered the unabridged version thinking it would tell me the whole story warts and all but it was only 2hrs33mins long.. I feel shortchanged!
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- Mrs. L. Lawson
- 20-09-24
The expectation of the family and what mum had to put up with
This was a enjoyable short story. It’s amazing scene what an Irish woman had to put up with , husband who was an alcoholic ? losing a children not able to grieve properly, expectation of her having no support from her husband. not able to feed her children because her squalor whatever money they receive drinking .what psychological impact this would have on the oldest boy who manage, to find himself going back to America were he was born to start a new life.
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