By: | Frank McCourt |
Pages: | 432 |
Published: | 1996 |
Genre(s): | Ireland |
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Rating: | (5) |
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"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive 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." So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish...
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It took me awhile to get into this book, I didn't like the writing style at first. Once I'd reached the half way point it had grown on me and I really enjoyed the rest of it. Well worth a read.
Jan 6th, 2016
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