'Tis: a Memoir
by:
Frank McCourt (author)
Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit, and its profound humanity. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. And now we have 'Tis, the...
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Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit, and its profound humanity. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. And now we have 'Tis, the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur. The same vulnerable but invincible spirit that captured the hearts of readers in Angela's Ashes comes of age. Frank McCourt's 'Tis is one of the most eagerly awaited books of our time, and it is a masterpiece.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780743200981 (0743200985)
Publish date: September 22nd 1999
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Inc
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
Series: Frank McCourt (#2)
Frank McCourt's writing just does nothing for me. I don't think it is bad writing, but for some reason, I have never gotten into any of his books and have really struggled to finish them...I keep reading though due to having some insight into my Irish roots and I do pull that from his books.
Blurbies - 'Tis begins where Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt's Pulitzer Prize winning memoir of his miserable childhood in Ireland and finally his re-immigration to America, left off. ('Tis is also the last word in the earlier book!)The book begins as McCourt lands in Albany, New York, and quickly ma...
Not nearly as grim as the first one, Angela's Ashes, this brings in a love of literature.
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