A review by josiahdegraaf
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

3.0

I'm not often much of a memoir reader, so I may not quite be this book's intended audience. From the reviews, it looks like a lot of readers got a lot more out of this book than I did! I will say that I appreciated the tragic look into the consequences of living with an alcoholic husband/father. And I did find several of the anecdotes humorous. To the extent that the narrator's sexual awakening was treated as the climax of the memoir, however, I found it a bit eye-rolling. There are many more meaningful things in life than a one-night stand.

Rating: 3-3.5 Stars (Fairly Good).