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| Title | : | Tis (Frank McCourt #2) |
| Author | : | Frank McCourt |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 495 pages |
| Published | : | 1999 by Flamingo |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography |
Frank McCourt
Paperback | Pages: 495 pages Rating: 3.69 | 52718 Users | 2178 Reviews
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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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Ratings: 3.69 From 52718 Users | 2178 ReviewsEvaluation Based On Books Tis (Frank McCourt #2)
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 aEntertaining, he has had one messed up life and has a lot to write about! His Mom becomes more hilarious as she ages, but this is a sad story in general.
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
I enjoyed this second memoir / story collection by Frank McCourt. I listened to this on audiobook and having it told with the appropriate accent brings the stories to life.
This is an amazing and a motivational book that has inspired me these past few months being a junior. What makes this book inspirtational is how at every event in McCourt's life he finds the positive sides or tries to find something humorous within the event. This has taught me that no matter what life throws me at I can achieve, nothing is a major deal. I was really able to connect to McCourt in this book more than the first, Angela's Ashes because this story took place in New York, and in my
This book would get five stars, except that it isn't -quite- as great as Angela's Ashes, which makes it seem a bit disappointing. In comparison to that book, it is also somewhat less inspiring, in the sense that AA tells a story of perseverance over hardship as Frank survives all by carrying his dream of going to America through times of crushing poverty. In _'Tis_ he finally makes it to America, and things still are not perfect. In fact he still spends a lot of time feeling afraid and too
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
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