tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497011366922145883.post2514376198533246059..comments2023-08-12T04:44:17.188-07:00Comments on Glory of Kings: I Thought Ashes Were LightJ. A. Broussardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09389505545740155291noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497011366922145883.post-56744260104646047032018-04-13T11:57:20.610-07:002018-04-13T11:57:20.610-07:00Thank you; I'll check her out when I get the c...Thank you; I'll check her out when I get the chance. And your remarks on McCort were spot on. <br /><br />Blessings, J. A. BroussardJ. A. Broussardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09389505545740155291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497011366922145883.post-2813913465436371452013-05-21T20:04:42.242-07:002013-05-21T20:04:42.242-07:00Two thoughts stood out for me as I read *Angela...Two thoughts stood out for me as I read *Angela's Ashes*. First, I couldn't believe McCourt. I simply don't believe that he could remember, say, a three-page long conversation that took place when he was four. <br /><br />Second, it seemed to me that he presented his life as if a bunch of things happened to him and around him, but not as if he was <i>responsible</i> for anything. <br /><br />Later, I read Mary Karr's three memoirs, *The Liar's Club*, *Cherry*, and *Lit*, which I highly recommend. Karr is (sometimes brutally) honest. <br /><br />She'll tell you what she remembers, but she'll also sometimes say "And there, the memory fades out." She'll mention sometimes that her sister remembers things differently. Oh, and she had her sister and her mother and most of the people who are mentioned in her memoir read the manuscripts before they went to print.<br /><br />More than that, she is honest about her own faults, too. Highly recommended.John Barachhttp://barach.usnoreply@blogger.com