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    <body><![CDATA[I've read both these books, as well as &quot;Teacher Man&quot;, and gone on to purchase them in hardback for my library. What wonderful, wonderful reads. No, &quot;Angela's Ashes&quot; is NOT about the Holocaust! Many people seem to think that. It's about a boy's experience growing up in extreme pov...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63024486">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/><br/>  There are a few books in my life which I have read, reread, and never truly forget. Angels' Ashes is one such book.  <br/><br/>   Initially, the fact that Frank McCourt was raised in Ireland piqued my interest.  My mother's ancestors came to the US from Ireland, so I saw a common thr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11589091">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Only four stars because I am lumping these two together.  I loved Angela's Ashes even though it could be mighty depressing at times.  Although, being of Irish descent myself, I didn't find it as depressing as my non-Irish friends did.  We can be a maudlin bunch, us Irish.  I also liked Tis, but not ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54243522">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[McCourt is a great author; heartbreaking growing up in Ireland poor.  Good writing style, keeps it fresh and interesting but man is it a sad tale.  I really liked 'Tis, too.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read Angela's Ashes in college and I picked up Tis on my own.  Both are great books.  I have been wanting to re-read these as well.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What an excellent book!  I can still remember vividly so much about this book even after so many years!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[..and you have to hear the audio version as well, the way the author read it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great autobiography, very easy  &amp; enjoyable to read]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books. Very sad.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Angela's ashes is a book about a woman who has a husband that drinks away alot of the money he makes. Her doughter and sons died because they were not getting inough food. After the kids diedher husband just kept drinking, the kids died one by one. After her doughter died in new york, they moved to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37566147">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I kept reading and waiting for this book to get better (happier) but it just got worse and worse.  However, it is one of my absolute favorites.  It opened my eyes to the life of a boy growing up in extreme poverty and gave me an understanding I did not have before of how that shapes ones life.  I ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35012843">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't read this book...Brent did and accidentally posted it to my goodreads account...in fact, all of the books that are rated - were rated by Brent.  I promise I'll get on and rate some books at some point.  I'm reading books...just haven't gone on to rate them yet!!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was ready for this book to be a total cliche, but actually it's very amusing, unmistakably Irish, and really good at conveying the issues of a country we tend to over-simplify.<br/><br/>NOTE: I have not read 'Tis, but the boxed set is the only option.]]></body>
    
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