'Tis by Frank McCourt

audio book
'Tis is the sequel to Angela's Ashes and McCourt tells of his move to America. McCourt writes so that the reader feels that they are right there with him. He finds a way to find something that the reader can identify with. He describes his mom who comes to visit and isn't happy about anything, the tea, even the lettuce isn't right. He finds a way to get into NYU even though he never went to high school and gets his teaching license. I wish he had gone into why he became a teacher, but we never know. When he describes his students and classroom I feel that he was describing mine. It's nice to know that kids really have not changed that much. The book ends with the death of both of his parents. It seemss kinds of like a crummy way to end the book, it's not like his life ended at that point.