num_pages: 608
description: 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 masterpiece.
language: English
title: 'Tis: A Memoir
titlecomplete: 'Tis: A Memoir
characters: Frank McCourt
genres: Ireland, Biography, Historical, Memoir, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Irish Literature, New York, History
ratings_count: 62283
places: New York (State), Germany, New York City, New York
series: Frank McCourt
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Audie Award
category: Nonfiction, Unabridged, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: New York City Book Award
category: Memoir
publisher: Scribner