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McCourt, Frank. ’Tis: A Memoir. New York: Scribner, 1999.
This book, published between McCourt’s Pulitzer Prize winning memoir, Angela’s Ashes, (1997) and Teacher Man, glides smoothly between his home in Ireland, his home in New York City, and the beginning years of his career as a teacher. His mother, an apparent alcoholic, dies a very unhappy woman. His father, the parent that leaves the family when Frank is young, is, on the other hand, a happy man as his life comes to an end. Frank doesn’t feel much for either one, particularly his mother. Some of the best pages are set in the classroom, where he begins at a vocational tech high school. Later, as he is assigned to teach rich bright children at an exclusive public school, he must learn again to be himself in the classroom, rather than do what others think he should.
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This book, published between McCourt’s Pulitzer Prize winning memoir, Angela’s Ashes, (1997) and Teacher Man, glides smoothly between his home in Ireland, his home in New York City, and the beginning years of his career as a teacher. His mother, an apparent alcoholic, dies a very unhappy woman. His father, the parent that leaves the family when Frank is young, is, on the other hand, a happy man as his life comes to an end. Frank doesn’t feel much for either one, particularly his mother. Some of the best pages are set in the classroom, where he begins at a vocational tech high school. Later, as he is assigned to teach rich bright children at an exclusive public school, he must learn again to be himself in the classroom, rather than do what others think he should.
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