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Summary: High expectations
Review: After reading Angela's Ashes one is prone to expect an equally outstanding sequel. McCourt seems to be repetative in his latter book. Angela's Ashes had the zest of (" the terrible Irish Catholic") childhood innocence while Tis lacks the funny recollection of "hard times" and focuses more on getting by as an Irish immigrant. "Tis" is unevitably dissappointing IF compared with Angelas Ashes because the reader doesn't want young Frankie to grow up and lose a certain youthful charm. By itself Tis is a wonderful, again slightly redundant, book which will surly make you laugh out loud.
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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: This book is a wonderful extention to Angela's Ashes. I think that Frank McCourt is a fanaminal writer and makes you feel all the emotions of someone growing up in his situation. Great for the days you want to laugh and the days that you want to cry.
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Summary: Definetly a Good Sequel!
Review: What more can you expect from a sequel? Rarely do they ever compare to the first book, but this one definetly comes close!
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Summary: Listening vs. Reading
Review: I am so glad I was able to get the unabridged audio cassette version of 'Tis. The story is a lot more "feel sorry for me" than Angela's Ashes. (Sometimes I wanted to tell Frank, "Ah, for the love of God, get off your sobbin', and make something of yourself. Sure, aren't you in the greatest country in the world?") But, listening to the author is like hearing my Irish relatives talk to me---some from their graves---about their first days "in America." One of "my people," Frank McCourt, reading 'Tis, was my companion driving to work and coming home. And I sometimes either cried---it's so sad---or laughed out loud---it's so funny. Everything I already know about "what it was like" is in 'Tis, and McCourt tells his saga with that mixture of melancholy and hilarity that is---sometimes to our joy and sometimes to our "shame"---our persistent heritage. His story and his way are all so familiar, and, yet, almost unbelievable. McCourt's accent really makes his telling so alive. He sounds so much like my Irish grandmother, I kick myself for not getting her on tape before we lost her. (That's my "Irish talking," because as McCourt says, "No one ever 'dies' in America. People 'pass over' and 'pass away,' but 'dying' is too hard for Americans. And there are no 'gravyards' in America. It's all 'cemeteries.'" I wish I'd listened to the taped Angela's Ashes. If you haven't read 'Tis--or Angela's Ashes, for that matter--and you've got an Irish granmother in your past, do listen to Frank McCourt. As if you've asked him to "Give us a story, will you, Frank," The Man Himself delivers his memoir in rare and admirable form.
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Summary: Villa Kula Book Club
Review: Our book club, made up six girls read this book. Although there were mixed opinions, overall it was a thumbs up. We admire Frank McCourt's ability to find humor in the most difficult situations. His writing style gives the reader a vivid picture of each character and setting. If you enjoyed Angela's Ashes, 'Tis is a must read.
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Summary: Tis Really a Biography
Review: I loved Angela's Ashes. Tis is not written in the same style. McCourt showed us how he felt, showed us how he lived, and showed us how he suffered. In Tis, McCourt tells us how he felt, lived, and suffered. This makes it much less powerful and interesting. It reads more like a biography than a memoir because so many incidents are reported in the book. In Angela's Ashes incidents were remembered and the reader felt as if he or she was getting inside of McCourt's head. Tis seldom if ever allows the reader to feel what McCourt was feeling. Instead we are told exactly what it was. I hope that Frank McCourt writes more in the future. He is very talented and would probably be able to create a wonderful fictional world. As a biographer he is also talented, but his real skill is in memoir, which Tis isn't.
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Summary: good
Review: i love frank mccourt he the best i just loved his moive it was just like his book and autotap i have all his aunto taps book/s i think he is the best jenny
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Summary: Substitute Teacher Woes
Review: Tis is a considerably less captivating experience than Angela's Ashes. However, for me, there was one chapter dealing with Mr. Mc Court's first day substitute teaching that was so graphic and specific to my experience substitute teaching the past seven years in Los Angeles that I was overwhelmed. Never had I experienced in print such a vivid and accurate description of events that have occurred to me that I felt my entire nervous system respond.. What made it even more compelling was the fact that his experience occured in the late 50s and mine occurred in the middle to late 90s. The other comment I have is how disappointed I became reading about the continued adventures of the Mother and Father. Somehow, I was content with the conclusion of Angela's Ashes and I didn't really want to know any additional history about these two unfortunate people.
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Summary: A Great Memoir
Review: I read Angela's Ashes and I Loved that book and I had to buy 'Tis. This book takes you right back where you left off on Angela's Ahes a brave boy coming to america and finding his way in his young life. It amazes me how he can take the reader step by step into his life what a wonderful book I will always keep my two books at arms length to go back and read over and over again. I am so looking forward to seing Angela's Ashes the Movie that will be a well spent money and time on the movie... I real respect this author and what he has been threw to rise to the top! Great Job!
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Summary: 'Tis another story
Review: I enjoyed 'Tis for the work it is on its own merit. It seems a lot of readers could not stop comparing it to 'Angelas Ashes'. I did not see it as a continuing saga, but as a seperate work entirely. I was a little disappointed life was not a little easier for Mr. McCourt, but considering the confines of society back in the '50's, he had quite a few obstacles to overcome. Readers should remember life is not what you would like it to be, but what really happens.
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