1. Angela's Ashes
Click here for a detailed summary Background The film is based on the book of the same name, which stayed at the top of the best-seller lists in the UK and USA for months from mid-1998. ... Frank's mother, Angela, is often shown queuing at the poor house, the charity of St Vincent, for food or clothes or furniture, where those dispensing the charity are often less than charitable in their attitudes. The father refuses to take any charity, and won't even pick up stray coal from the streets. ... ;0) Summary This absorbing, sad, humorous evocation of an impoverished Irish Catholi...
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- Approx Pages: 14
- Grade Level: High School