Angela's Ashes
Author: Frank McCourt
Narrator: Frank McCourt
Unabridged: 15 hr 8 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Published: 10/01/1997
Author: Frank McCourt
Narrator: Frank McCourt
Unabridged: 15 hr 8 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Published: 10/01/1997
If I could give this book a -5 star rating, I would. I absolutely HATED it!! and I didn't even get past the 6th disk, with 6 more to go, no less!! After listening to hour after hour of pain, poverty, hunger, filth, and misery, to say I'm enjoying the experience would be lying. In my opinion, some books just should not be written like Stephen King's _Misery_, for example, or Nevada Barr's _Hard Truth_ and this is one of those. Based on this book alone, I'll never read or listen to another Frank McCourt book as long as I live.
I'm only sorry I didn't read this earlier, when it first came out. The best part about Mr. McCourt's writing is the fact that he actually narrates his own books as well, which adds to the stories. Even though his life was filled with poverty, he manages to continue thinking optimistically. He weaves humor into even the worst of experiences. I was so enamored with him that I'm now listening to his second book, Tis, and I plan to listen to his third book, Teacher Man after that.