I started reading 'Angela's Ashes' by Frank McCourt yesterday. I have to admit that I have always heard of people reading this book and know it is a movie, but I had no idea what it was about. I bought it at The Book Shoppe a few weeks ago without reading the description. When I went to get it off the bookshelf I was really hoping it was a WWII story, but it's a memoir about Frank's childhood in New York and Limerick. It is supposed to deal with the struggles he faced growing up in a poor, Irish Catholic family.
Memoirs have been really hit or miss for me lately. They are usually filled with too many stereotypes that sometimes seem to be exaggerated to gain more readers. I hope this one isn't too disappointing.
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