Okay, so this is a day late, but here ya go...
I'm obscenely Irish and this has been one of my favorite books for a few years. Frank McCourt is easily my favorite author and I find myself re-reading his books out of genuine love of literature.
"Angela's Ashes" along with "'Tis" and "Teacher Man" paint vivid and evocative stories of McCourt's life as an Irish Catholic with a talent for words struggling to find his place in the world.
"Angela's Ashes" begins with a small explanation of McCourt's parents (Angela and Malachy) and his first few memories. The memoir continues as his family leaves New York for Limerick and faces many small but significant cruelties of life.
"'Tis" picks up where "Angela's Ashes" leaves off, with McCourt's return to New York at the age of nineteen. "Teacher Man" goes through his career as an English teacher at Stuyvesant High School, where he finally finds his place.
Exquisitely told, the story of Frank McCourt's life is a treasure and the impressions his years have given him are lessons everyone can accept and cherish.
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