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'Tis : a memoir

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Frank McCourt continues his life story in the brilliant, bestselling sequel to the million-selling Angela's Ashes.

Angela's Ashes was a publishing phenomenon. Frank McCourt's critically acclaimed, lyrical memoir of his Limerick childhood won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics' Circle Award, the Royal Society of Literature Award and the Los Angeles Times Award amongst others, and rapidly became a word-of-mouth bestseller topping all charts worldwide for over two years.

It left readers and critics alike eager to hear more about Frank McCourt's incredible, poignant life. 'Tis is the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant with rotten teeth, infected eyes and no formal education to brilliant raconteur and schoolteacher.

Saved first by a straying priest, then by the Democratic party, then by the United States Army, then by New York University - which admitted him on a trial basis though he had no high school diploma - Frank had the same vulnerable but invincible spirit at nineteen that he had at eight and still has today. And 'Tis is a tale of survival as vivid, harrowing, and often hilarious as Angela's Ashes.Yet again, it is through the power of storytelling that Frank finds a life for himself. 'It is only the best storyteller who can so beguile his readers that he leaves them wanting more when he's done!McCourt proves himself one of the very best' (Newsweek). 'Tis blesses readers with another chapter of McCourt's story, but as it closes, they will want still more.

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HarperPerennial
0007205244 / 9780007205240
Paperback / softback
03/10/2005
United Kingdom
English
495 p.
20 cm
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Quiz No: 205661, Points 24.00, Book Level 6.40,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: London: Flamingo, 1999.
Includes PS Section Frank McCourt continues his life story in the brilliant, bestselling sequel to the million-selling Angela's Ashes. This stunning reissue of 'Tis is a forerunner to the publication of Frank McCourt's new memoir Teacher Man. 'Tis has sold over 600,000 copies in paperback in the UK.
Includes PS Section Frank McCourt continues his life story in the brilliant, bestselling sequel to the million-selling Angela's Ashes. This stunning reissue of 'Tis is a forerunner to the publication of Frank McCourt's new memoir Teacher Man. 'Tis has sold over 600,000 copies in paperback in the UK. 1DBR Ireland, 1KBBEY New York, 3JJ 20th century, BGA Autobiography: general, HBJK History of the Americas, HBLW 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000