{"product_id":"tis","title":"'Tis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAngela's Ashes was a publishing phenomenon.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrank McCourt's critically acclaimed, lyrical memoir of his Irish-American childhood won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics' Circle Award, the Royal Society of Literature Award and the Los Angeles Times Award amongst others, and rapidly became a word-of-mouth bestseller topping all charts worldwide for over two years. It left readers and critics alike eager to hear more about Frank McCourt's incredible, poignant life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Tis is the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant with rotten teeth, infected eyes and no formal education to brilliant raconteur and schoolteacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaved first by a straying priest, then by the Democratic party, then by the United States Army, then by New York University - which admitted him on a trial basis though he had no high school diploma - Frank had the same vulnerable but invincible spirit at nineteen that he had at eight and still has today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd 'Tis is a tale of survival as vivid, harrowing, and often hilarious as Angela's Ashes. Yet again, it is through the power of storytelling that Frank finds a life for himself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com\/search?q=Frank+McCourt\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003eMore books by Frank McCourt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Frank McCourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41990943670441,"sku":null,"price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/tis.jpg?v=1645236241","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/tis","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}