Tis: A Memoir

Tis: A MemoirFrank 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. A tale of redemption, in which storytelling itself is the source of salvation, it won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Rarely has a book so swiftly found its place on the literary landscape. And now we have 'Tis, the story of

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. A tale of redemption, in which storytelling itself is the source of salvation, it won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Rarely has a book so swiftly found its place on the literary landscape.
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. As Malcolm Jones said in his Newsweek review of Angela's Ashes, It is only the best storyteller who can so beguile his readers that he leaves them wanting more when he is done...and McCourt proves himself one of the very best. Frank McCourt's 'Tis is one of the most eagerly awaited books of our time, and it is a masterpie

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 09/21/1999
ISBN: 9780684864495
Pages: 608
Weight: 1.99lbs
Size: 9.12h x 5.96w x 1.49d
Large Print

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/15/1999 pg. 1283
Atlantic Monthly 10/01/1999 pg. 114
Entertainment Weekly 09/24/1999 pg. 139
Newsweek 09/27/1999 pg. 66
People Weekly 10/04/1999 pg. 51
Time 10/04/1999 pg. 104
Mademoiselle 11/01/1999 pg. 128
Library Journal 05/15/1999

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 34820 / Tis
Reading Level: 6.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 24