Chronicle of an unhappy childhood, Irish and Catholic 
Angela's Ashes Frank Mc Court
1997
We have poor childhood, we add a little 'unhappiness, as if it were not enough then add a particular place: Limerick, Ireland. We got a childhood
poor, unhappy, and most Irish, the worst of the worst.
And 'This is the conclusion reached by Frank Mc Court introducing his autobiography, Steps in poverty, which in the period between the two world wars was not so rare in Europe, steps to unhappiness, that a perpetually drunk father is highly likely, but the Irishman who does not leave all seasons escape, or nearly so.
The author recounts with wit and irony of all the details of his childhood on the contrary emigrant; five years he moved from Limerick to New York to parents after returning to their country by not getting the hoped for luck in the New world.
These two ingredients, wit and irony, make sure that the novel is not the usual sad Irish tale, the narrative is in fact full of episodes that bring tears to my eyes with laughter and make you almost forget that the situation of perpetual poverty backdrop to everything.
The finish left me a bit 'but not satisfied through no fault of the author, at that point I was curious to know everything that would happen next.
that remains is one thing to do: go in the knowledge of this author reading "What a country America" \u200b\u200bnatural continuation of "Angela's Ashes."
Why this title? The reason is realized gradually in reading.
To read: to read if you are passionate about Ireland and its events to understand how they groped for its people to have the joy in the DNA despite the sad past.
insoluble mystery that makes this region even more attractive.
