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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) |
Frank McCourt
Paperback | Pages: 495 pages Rating: 3.69 | 52718 Users | 2178 Reviews
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| Title | : | Tis (Frank McCourt #2) |
| Author | : | Frank McCourt |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 495 pages |
| Published | : | 1999 by Flamingo |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography |
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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 SmithRating Containing Books Tis (Frank McCourt #2)
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I seem to be somewhat in the minority here, but I enjoyed 'Tis more than Angela's Ashes. Perhaps because I was already so invested in Frank's life, so intrigued to see where he went next. Or maybe because he had control over his life now he is an adult. While he is still deeply affected by his circumstances, he is now in a position to attempt to change them, so it was a little less depressing to read. I love his way with language, how he can describe something that is both horrifying andFirst, let me say that I absolutely adored this book. While not as dear to my heart as the first, I think this story is moving and the voice is, as always, unique. That said, this story is a much more familiar one than the last: Irish immigrant trying to make a life for himself in a new world, and a war-enraged America. This story, though, is much more tangible than "other" immigration stories and unique in that, throughout all the troubles, heartache, injustice, and anger, this is a story not
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
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
Couple of points here:McCourt's story is mesmerizing. From what he came from to what he become is beyond inspiring and thought provoking; however, I have some qualms with McCourt. Knowing what he knows about the dangers and pitfalls of alcohol, why the hell does he touch the stuff? It goes on to ruin several of his relationships and opportunities and yet he never comments on this. He never touches on the point of alcoholism in families and how his father's drinking did or did not directly affect
Frank McCourt burst on the literary scene with his memoir Angelas Ashes , which outlined his childhood lived in abject poverty in Limerick Ireland. This book picks up where that one left off. He begins by recounting some of the overseas voyage, befriended by a priest who encourages him to talk to the wealthy Protestants from Kentucky, and who is dismayed when McCourts embarrassment over his teeth, his eyes, his clothing, keeps him from asserting himself. But although nothing is as he expected
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
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