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Summary: Tis' will touch your heart
Review: I appraoached Frank McCourt's sequel to Angela's Ashes with trepidation, believing it would be tough for this book to come close to the power and understated beauty of its predecessor. However, beginning Tis made me feel like I had never put Angela's Ashes down. This is a wonderful book in its own right, and anyone who enjoyed Angela's Ashes won't want to miss this. The setting is different but the narrative voice and expression are the same. We see McCourt wrestle with the difficulties of teaching literature to high school kids, which seems to be much more difficult for him than it was to initially survive in America on his own as a young immigrant. There are many passages in this book that I found myself reading over and over, or aloud to anyone in the room there to listen. I simply loved this book and can't wait to see what McCourt will come up with next.
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Summary: Tis a great read
Review: Thank you Frank McCourt for sharing your rich life with such compassion and humor. I recommend 'Tis with enthusiasm. Please keep writing.
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Summary: 'Tis an accomplishment!
Review: Sequels can be so disappointing, but "'Tis" is another McCourt accomplishment! Whereas "Angela's Ashes" was wonderful yet depressing -- did poor little Frank EVER see his parents and brothers again? -- "'Tis" at times borders on delightful. I especially loved his adventures as a teacher, told with brutal honesty. "Angela's" charm was rooted in its child's voice. The charm of "'Tis" is the story of Frank: Frank as an immigrant; Frank as an insecure yet "frisky" young man; Frank as a dropout yearning for an education; Frank as a struggling teacher unprepared for the role; Frank as a married man. 'Tis worth the read!
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Summary: Somewhat dissapointing
Review: I could hardly wait for this book to be published. After reading Angela's Ashes I had high expectations, but was extremely dissapointed in this work. I think it is a lazy effort on McCourt's in an attempt to rush it's completion to capitalize on his success. Sometimes boring and greatly repititious to a point that one has to wonder if he took the time to edit his work. If you are an avid reader, I suppose it may be worth the effort, but otherwise not.
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: 'Tis picks up exactly where Angela's Ashes left off. This is the story of Frank McCourt as a grown man in a new country - America - trying to deal w/ work, school and love life so obviously it is not going to be the same or as heart renching as Angela's Ashes which is about Frank as a child growing up in Ireland. Nevertheless, it is a brilliant piece of work. I highly recommned it if you enjoyed Angela's Ashes. I hope part III is in the works!
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Summary: Tis: A Memoir
Review: Fans of Angela's Ashes will love this one. It's written in a stream of consciousness mode, somewhat different from McCourt's other works. You can really feel the struggle of this man -- with who he is, his education, his relationships, his future. And, of course, there's the McCourt brand of humor. Some of it is laugh out loud. It's a quick read.
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Summary: Thank you Mr McCourt
Review: Thank you Mr McCourt for telling more stories in your unique and interesting style!No, this is not "Angela's Ashes"...this was "Tis"..and although I did not have to stop to breathe and reflect as I did with "Angela's Ashes"...the storytelling was wonderful and thought provoking in other ways. Some people live interesting lives...but can't write ....some people live boring existances and do write about it...but Mr. McCourt lives a very interesting life and writes well about it!Thanks for the hours I spent with your thoughts, Mr. McCourt...It is so lovely to read such a fine writer ....Please share more someday!
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Summary: McCourt shines!
Review: The beginning of this book was perhaps a little laborious. It just didn't flow as well as Angela's Ashes did. This is not to say, however, that the book stunk. Far from it. Only the first few pages were hard to read through. By the end of the first chapter McCourt had found his zone and never looked back! The book was as well written as Angela's Ashes but given that the circumstances were not as bleak as Limmerick, Ireland it wasn't as moving. Still, I found the book deeply interesting and wholly wonderful. If Frank McCourt DOESN'T publish another book, whether that be fiction or (somehow) another memoir, I will be severely dissappointed.
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Summary: A Natural Progression
Review: Those of us who grew to cherish the irresitible McCourt children of "Angela's Ashes" waded through Malachy's memoirs until we could take up the Limerick jigs in brother Frank's sequel. Well here 'tis and though many readers have been dissappointed in the struggles in America, struggles so related to the prior Irish version of world view, I find the growing pains of the "re-patriated Frank" endearing. The view of the self as secretively fraudulent is not new, but rarely has the payche of the American Dream been so personally defined. We all are foreigners to this land, whether in our generation or ones past, and following Frank McCourt's voyage from being "uneducated" to becoming a warm and caring Teacher brings many moments of tender relating. Although the significant charm of "Angela's Ashes" was McCourt's uncanny ability to maintain the child's point of view, means of thinking, modes of expression that made his book so touching, "Tis" fleshes out all the characters seeded in that memoir and allows the passage of time and maturity of the original voice to win us over at last. Is it a perfect book? No. Is it worth your reading? 'Tis.
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Summary: Hard Not to Compare
Review: This isn't as good as Angela's Ashes, but it stands on its own fairly well. It is difficult not to remember the author's first work, however, and wish this had that same magic quality.
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