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by: Frank McCourt
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780002570817
Format: Import
ISBN: 0002570815
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2000
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Sales Rank: 2843100
Studio: Simon & Schuster
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Rating: - 'Tis not Kansas
More "Oliver Twist" than "The Wizard of Oz" this book is not for the faint of heart. McCourt's autobiography "Angela's Ashes" had a Hollywood ending with the young immigrant (McCourt) arriving in New York to start a new life. It left readers with such high hopes. His second book "Tis" lacks the childhood innoncence of his first. In fact, the book is both tedious and somber but I still enjoyed it immensely. What ruined the book is that we know too much about McCourt's success and too little about ... Read More
Rating:  - 'Tis worth reading
This book isn't Angela's Ashes, nor should it be, but I'm disappointed that it couldn't maintain the momentum in Angela's Ashes. This book picks up where Angela left off and appropriately ends with Angela's death. The beginning of this book is filled with humor and fun scenes depicting McCourt's early days in America. Unfortunately, I found myself boring of the book about the time McCourt entered the army. Still had its humorous moments, but definitely lagging. By the time Mike became Alberta, ... Read More
Rating: - Better than Angela's Ashes, but still could have been more
In `Tis we get some anecdotes about his life as a teacher & the attitudes of public school officials, students, & parents that potentially could have been good reading, but FM- oddly- seems to lapse into a bit of romanticism about those times. I went to public school in New York only a decade or so after many of the tales spun by FM so I know that much of what he relates is very buffed up. Again, why? If AA's success was so based on the misery factor it would seem that dealing with some of ... Read More
Rating:  - Bad Service
After numerous attempts to contactthe seller, Istill have not received the book. Connie spahr 10/13/2008
Rating: - Disappointing follow-up to Angela's Ashes
I loved Angela's Ashes and was thrilled to learn there was a sequel. I was very disappointed in Tis, however. McCourt's writing style was charming in Angela's Ashes since he was writing from the perspective of a child but didn't translate well once he was recalling his adulthood. The book is way too long and there are many random, uninteresting anecdotes. I won't be reading McCourt's 3rd book.
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