[Sca-cooks] Harvest times

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On May 13, 2006, at 6:57 AM, Dianne & Greg Stucki wrote:

> I can't say I enjoyed Angela's Ashes, but I certainly got a strong  
> feeling for the strength of the McCourt Family.

Frank McCourt and his brother Malachi (who's a moderately well-known  
stage and screen actor) used to do a sort of off-off-Broadway revue  
in which some of the material later used in Angela's Ashes: I  
remember the story of the death of one of his brothers, and much more  
pleasantly, the story of Frank's first Communion, and how he, in his  
excitement, threw up the Body and Blood Of Christ in his  
grandmother's side yard...

> I was disappointed by the follow-up, 'Tis,

'Tis seemed rather rushed, like material that should have been used  
in the first book which, for some reason, wasn't.

> though, and didn't bother with Teacher Man.

Teacher Man is actually pretty good, if you eventually get a little  
tired of the self-doubt. But for me it's significant because about  
half the book (the second half) concerns my high school and my  
classmates (I'm not in it...)

Adamantius




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