After reading the book "Angela's Ashes" which I enjoyed, I bought her more "This is how America." The first book of this autobiography is, in my opinion, the best. However, the humor of this author found it. It is never maudlin about himself and always finds a way to make us smile even in situations that were much LDES painful for him. It's almost documentary about America after war described by an Irish immigrant who finds his way to the force of will ...