Jul 19
MEMOIR The Life Force Triumphs ANGELA'S ASHES: A Memoir. By Frank McCourt (Scribner: $23, 364 pp.) September 29, 1996 Book Review By Mary Morrissey, Mary Morrissy is the author of "A Lazy Eye" and "Mother of Pearl." She reviews fiction for the Irish Times The Irish American view of the home country--especially among emigrants of Frank McCourt's generation--can often be irritatingly sentimental (usually induced retrospectively) or ingratiatingly stage-Oirishy. No fear of that in
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