Frank McCourt
This memoir picks up where Angela’s Ashes leaves off. Frank McCourt leaves Ireland to come back to America at 19. He’s naive and broke, but he’s also extremely optimistic and hopeful at the possibility of making himself a better life. I found this book to be just as entertaining as Angela’s Ashes. McCourt makes you laugh about his mistakes and his ideas of Americans all looking like tanned movie stars with perfect teeth. At other times, he has you near tears as he talks of being alone on Christmas and his embarrassment over his infected and pussing eyes.