Monkey is devasted over Frank McCourt’s passing

Frank McCourt -photo by Kent Meireis

Monkey is wrought with anguish over the passing of Frank McCourt, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of his second favorite book in the world, Angela’s Ashes. And don’t let it fool you that it is only my second favorite book in the world- my first is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, but that poor darling has been dead for so many years, I just can’t grieve for her lack of liveliness. Mr. McCourt, however, let Monkey so thoroughly into his hopes, dreams, passions and heart in that beloved book that I feel the breath knocked out of my corporeal frame knowing that he is no longer with us. I am so grateful that he left us with such an amazing book, so that we could know his humanness. And for those of you that haven’t read Angela’s Ashes, you will see in it, a reflection of yourself so clearly existent in those inseverable bonds of humanity. And those bonds will make you weep with triumph and in pain as you journey with Frank McCourt through his life. And your own.

Thank you Frank McCourt for your beautiful gift. I will never forget it, and I will surely miss your presence on this earth.

Associated Press Article on Frank McCourt’s passing.

Go to Amazon to buy one of Frank McCourt’s books.