LIMERICK RISES FROM THE 'ASHES'

The Boston Globe | January 17, 2000| | Copyright

LIMERICK, Ireland - Finally, there is something that everyone here agrees on about "Angela's Ashes": It rains too much in the movie.

"Sure, if it rained as much in Limerick as it did in that film poor Frankie McCourt would have drowned and never wrote his book," said Harry Leahy, 75, a retired doctor, after watching the movie at the Savoy, a stone's throw from the scenes of "Angela's Ashes."

Frank McCourt's bittersweet memoir of growing up poor won the Pulitzer Prize, has sold more than 6 million copies, and has been translated into 25 languages. Its story of crushing poverty and human ...

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