{"product_id":"9780743519694","title":"'Tis: A Memoir","description":"Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, \u003ci\u003eAngela's Ashes,\u003c\/i\u003e has been loved and celebrated by listeners everywhere for its spirit, its wit and its profound humanity. A tale of redemption, in which storytelling itself is the source of salvation, it won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Rarely has a book so swiftly found its place on the literary landscape.\u003cp\u003eAnd now we have \u003ci\u003e'Tis,\u003c\/i\u003e the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur. Frank lands in New York at nineteen, in the company of a priest he meets on the boat. He gets a job at the Biltmore Hotel, where he immediately encounters the vivid hierarchies of this \"classless country,\" and then is drafted into the army and is sent to Germany to train dogs and type reports. It is Frank's incomparable voice -- his uncanny humor and his astonishing ear for dialogue -- that renders these experiences...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47095103881456,"sku":"9780743519694","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780743519694_p0.jpg?v=1763632310","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780743519694","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}