Angela's Ashes

Well Ms. Cassell was right about he book being somewhat funny. The jokes in this book are not normal jokes but thats probably because Frank is Irish.
As I said before, this memoir is an ongoing story. Frank writes about how his parents met. He writes that his mom was sent to New York by her mom after being told that she was unworthy of becoming anything, which is kinda sad. Anyway, his father was in New York because he was wanted in Ireland for something.
Well his parents met at a party in Brooklyn. His father had a rugged look thanks to jail time for stealing a truck filled with buttons...I know CRAZY...but funny. Frank goes on to say that with his mom interested in the rugged look and his dad just gettin out of jail, "there was bound to be a knee- trembler'. LOL.
When I first read this, I knew exactly what he was saying....or at least i thought i did. Instead of leaving his audience to interpret this however, Frank gave definition. He states that a knee-trembler "is the act itself done up against a wall, man and woman up on their toes, straining so hard their knees tremble with the excitement that's in it". HAHAHAHAHAHA. What a non-vulgar way to put it.
Frank probably was just trying to clear up what he meant by knee-trembler, but the way he worded it was funny to me. I read this part over to make sure i read it right. Everytime i read it, i laughed.
Anyway this one sentence made me want to keep reading the book and Im glad i did.