Frank McCourt continues his life story in the brilliant, bestselling sequel to the million-selling 'Angela's Ashes'. 'Angela's Ashes' was a publishing phenomenon. Frank McCourt's critically-acclaimed, lyrical memoir of his Limerick childhood won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics' Circle Award, the Royal Society of Literature Award and the Los Angeles Times Book 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. "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. Saved 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. And "Tis' is a tale of survival as vivid, harrowing, and hilarious as Angela's Ashes. Yet again, it is through the power of storytelling that Frank finds a life for himself. 'It is only the best storyteller who can so beguile his readers that he leaves them wanting more when he's done. McCourt proves himself one of the very best' (Newsweek). 'With 'Tis', McCourt blesses his readers with another chapter of his story, but as it closes, they will want still more.

弗蘭剋·邁考特（Frank McCourt)美國著名作傢，教師，普利策文學奬獲得者。主要作品有《安琪拉的灰燼》、《就是這兒》、《教書匠》等。

1930年齣生於美國紐約，4歲舉傢遷迴愛爾蘭故鄉，在貧民窟度過苦難的童年。13歲輟學。19歲心懷“美國夢”隻身重返紐約，做過酒店勤雜工、碼頭工人、打字員，當過兵，後來考入大學。畢業後成為一名教師，前後教過12000多名學生，並榮獲美國教育界最高榮譽“全美最佳教師”奬，被譽為“老師中的老師”。1987年退休，開始正式寫作。1996年，處女作《安琪拉的灰燼》齣版，一舉獲得普利策文學奬、全美書評奬、洛杉磯時報圖書奬、美國年度好書奬等重要奬項。係列第二部《就是這兒》、第三部《教書匠》分彆於1999年、2005年齣版。2009年6月，病逝於紐約。