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Rachel N.
Frank McCourt tells the story of his childhood through his departure from Ireland to America when he is 19. Frank was born in Brooklyn but mostly grew up in Limerick, Ireland. His family was extremely poor and his father an alcoholic who used most of the little money they had for drink. It took me awhile to get into the writing style because McCourt writes the beginning of the book as if it was written by a child. I mostly found the book depressing with small bits of humor. I am glad McCourt got ...more
Janet
Nov 14, 2008 rated it liked it
If grinding poverty and brutal hardship builds character, McCourt should have it in abundance. His description of a deperately poor childhood teaches me to appreciate how much I have.
Rebekah
Wonderful memoir about growing up impoverished in Ireland and then immigrating to the US
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Shelves: autobiography
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May 15, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: nonfiction, owned
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