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Title	:	Tis (Frank McCourt #2)
Author	:	Frank McCourt
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 495 pages
Published	:	1999 by Flamingo
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography

Tis (Frank McCourt #2)

Frank McCourt

Paperback | Pages: 495 pages

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The sequel to Frank McCourt's memoir of his Irish Catholic boyhood, Angela's Ashes, picks up the story in October 1949, upon his arrival in America. Though he was born in New York, the family had returned to Ireland due to poor prospects in the United States. Now back on American soil, this awkward 19-year-old, with his "pimply face, sore eyes, and bad teeth," has little in common with the healthy, self-assured college students he sees on the subway and dreams of joining in the classroom. Initially, his American experience is as harrowing as his impoverished youth in Ireland, including two of the grimmest Christmases ever described in literature. McCourt views the U.S. through the same sharp eye and with the same dark humor that distinguished his first memoir: race prejudice, casual cruelty, and dead-end jobs weigh on his spirits as he searches for a way out. A glimpse of hope comes from the army, where he acquires some white-collar skills, and from New York University, which admits him without a high school diploma. But the journey toward his position teaching creative writing at Stuyvesant High School is neither quick nor easy. Fortunately, McCourt's openness to every variety of human emotion and longing remains exceptional; even the most damaged, difficult people he encounters are richly rendered individuals with whom the reader can't help but feel uncomfortable kinship. The magical prose, with its singing Irish cadences, brings grandeur and beauty to the most sorrowful events, including the final scene, set in a Limerick graveyard. --Wendy Smith

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Original Title:	'Tis: A Memoir
ISBN:	0006551815 (ISBN13: 9780006551812)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Frank McCourt #2
Characters:	Frank McCourt
Literary Awards:	Audie Award for Nonfiction, Unabridged (2000), New York City Book Award for Memoir (1999)

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Many years ago, I was warned by our Irish parish priest not to bother reading Frank McCourt's books. He said they weren't true. So here I am, missing that brogue, as our friend has died. I dove into the audio versions. They did not disappoint. Frank McCourt's prose is true poetry. Whether or not he played with the facts is another matter. As with most Irish story-tellers, McCourt's memories were probably embellished for effect as they were retold. I'll forgive him that, knowing that his overall

I must admit that my first reaction to this book was to be offended...here was this American-born Irishman returned to America to fulfill his dreams and all he could do was complain. I kept reminding myself how hard it would be at 19 yrs to ride the "learning curve" of customs, language, job & adult responsibilities while being mixed into the melting pot of NYC in the 1940's. He was frustrated, disenchanted, tired, confused. I continued reading - I wanted to see how this guy redeemed

Frank McCourt could write about paint drying and I would 100% read it. Hes just brilliant.

I guess we all know that Frank McCourt's life turned out pretty well, being a published prizewinning author and all that. But if we didn't know how his story ends, we would be left with the fact that he was a pretty sorry soul who was forever not saying what he wanted to say and forever following in his father's drunken footsteps. He haplessly falls into situation after situation that are entirely joyless, and looses women and opportunities to the bottle. Angela's Ashes was lovely storytelling

Meh. Angela's Ashes was wonderful, lots of history mixed in with the memoir, and so emotionally engaging. This one was a lot more memoir and not so much history, and far too much detail about his sex life and frequent masturbation (though he does, amusingly, refer to the latter as "interfering with himself"). The beautiful Irish voice still comes through, so it's pleasant to read even when the subject matter becomes pedestrian, and there are a few brilliant moments: my favorite is when, as a

All a bit sad.What happens when your dreams come true and you're still not happy?After the shocking story of "Angelas's Ashes", any sequel was likely to suffer and unfortunately this one does too. This is the often told tale of a young man arriving in the big city and the adventures that befall him.Frank McCourt arrives in New York aged 19, joins the US army and eventually becomes a teacher. It's everything he wanted or dreamed about as a child in Limerick. But he's still not happy. Like his

My brother was the one who told me to read Frank McCourts 1996 Pulitzer-winning memoir Angelas Ashes. It was one of the books that made me who am I today: a voracious reader. It took me 12 years before reading its 1999 sequel, Tis (short for It is). Reason: I wanted to let the cute and innocent boy Frank and his brothers Malachy, Michael and Alphie to stay as long as possible in my mind. I did not want them to grow up. I wanted to hold on to the image of those boys running and walking around the