Collect The Angelas Ashes/Tis Boxed Set Developed By Frank McCourt Disseminated As Script

four because I am lumping these two together, I loved Angela's Ashes even though it could be mighty depressing at times, Although, being of Irish descent myself, I didn't find it as depressing as my nonIrish friends did, We can be a maudlin bunch, us Irish, I also liked Tis, but not as much as Angela's Ashes, loved it loved it loved it, He's a great writer, very smooth with nuances of hilarity and downright sadness, Quite possibly the most perfect holiday gift a beautiful boxed collection of two prizewinning, perennial bestselling modern classics: "Angela's Ashes" and "'Tis, " With almostmillion copies of Frank McCourt's books in print, fans just can't get enough of their favorite author, From the heartwrenching times young Frank spent in the slums of Ireland to his struggle for the American dream as an impoverished immigrant, readers can now have both of McCourt's remarkable memoirs conveniently combined in one elegant package.
This is a very compelling book about the struggles of an Irish family, I am making an attempt to trace some of the Irish's history of moving to America, Boy, was i in for a surprise reading this masterpiece by Frank McCourt, I've read both these books, as well as "Teacher Man", and gone on to purchase them in hardback for my library, What wonderful, wonderful reads. No, "Angela's Ashes" is NOT about the Holocaust! Many people seem to think that, It's about a boy's experience growing up in extreme poverty in Ireland, Filled with pathos, yes, but also that wonderful Irish humor that they manage to find in the direst of situations, A wonderful, poignant, rollicking read! I was ready for this book to be a total cliche, but actually it's very amusing, unmistakably Irish, and really good at conveying the issues of a country we tend to oversimplify.


NOTE: I have not read 'Tis, but the boxed set is the only option, excellent I would have given him a five HE'S REALLY GOOD except he's a dick in person, So, here's a four. Eat that with some cabbage Mr, ActingAllBigGuy. Angela's Ashes was a rollercoaster read for me, I loved the writing style and POV and touch of Irish humor, while appalled by the poverty that Frank McCourt described in his childhood, It was puzzling that he could remember such detail beginning at the age of four when his parents moved the family from New York back to Limerick, Ireland.
The matteroffact honesty and introspection in his account, I'm certain, led to his Pulitzer Prize,

'Tis is the sequel I couldn't put down, as it details his life after "escaping" back to New York intowhen his estranged father died.
McCourt's honesty and wit carries over in a memoir hard to forget,
Very sad book about his terrible childhood i read this book when i was aboutori dont remember much expect that it is about a irish imigrant who goes through poverty.
It might sound boring but it is a good book
i read angela's ashes, . . great read. Read it when it first came out and then again and then the movie and again, If I read a good book, in time I'll pick it up again, Not as amazing as Angela's Ashes but worth reading! Tis' is essentially the story of an

immigrant and his new life in New York City.
Beginning with his voyage to America, the autobiographical story follows his struggle to make it in a country that isn't always accepting of strangers, Don't be mistaken to think of this as an extension of the dark tone of Angela's Ashes which I also liked, I found this book much lighter in tone and more optimistic, McCourt finds his way to the promised land and has to deal with the realities of American society, It's full of the irony of everyday life and his struggles for education, happiness, love, and acceptance, Yes Mr. McCourt is an Irish immigrant, but it's not soley about his being Irish in America, If anything, it's about his struggle to be an American, I didn't read this book, . . Brent did and accidentally posted it to my goodreads account, . . in fact, all of the books that are rated were rated by Brent, I promise I'll get on and rate some books at some point, I'm reading books just haven't gone on to rate them yet!!! This was a very depressing book with not a lot of substance and quite crude, I kept reading and waiting for this book to get better happier but it just got worse and worse, However, it is one of my absolute favorites, It opened my eyes to the life of a boy growing up in extreme poverty and gave me an understanding I did not have before of how that shapes ones life.
I have a first edition signed copy met Frank McCourt in Denver that I treasure, The hardships of Irish life not too long ago, How blessed I am and have always been, Francis Frank McCourt was an Irish American teacher and author, McCourt was born in Brooklyn however, his family returned to their native Ireland in, He received the sitelink Pulitzer Prizeand National Book Critics Circle Awardfor his memoir Angelas Ashes, which details his childhood as a poor Irish Catholic in Limerick.
He is also the author of Tis, which continues the narrative of his life, picking up from the end of the previous book and focusing on life as a new immigrant in America.
Teacher Man, detailed the challenges of being a young, uncertain teacher who must impart knowledge to his students, His works are often part of the syllabus in high schools, Inhe was awarded an honorary degree from Francis "Frank" McCourt was an Irish American teacher and author, McCourt was born in Brooklyn however, his family returned to their native Ireland in, He received the sitelink Pulitzer Prizeand National Book Critics Circle Awardfor his memoir Angela's Ashes, which details his childhood as a poor Irish Catholic in Limerick.
He is also the author of 'Tis, which continues the narrative of his life, picking up from the end of the previous book and focusing on life as a new immigrant in America.
Teacher Man, detailed the challenges of being a young, uncertain teacher who must impart knowledge to his students, His works are often part of the syllabus in high schools, Inhe was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Western Ontario, He died Sunday, July,of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, He was. sitelink.