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Frank McCourt is the author of Angela’s Ashes and ‘Tis. He was born in Brooklyn in 1930 to recent Irish immigrants Malachy McCourt and Angela Sheehan McCourt. His family moved to Limerick when he was four because of poor prospects in America. Frank McCourt was the oldest child in his family he had three younger brothers, Malachy, Alphie, and Michael, and he had three younger siblings that died as babies, twins, Oliver and Eugene and …

…comes from the last few words of Angela’s Ashes when Frank McCourt is talking to a fellow Irish passenger on the boat to America. The man says, “Isn’t this (America) a great country altogether?” and Frank McCourt replies, “’Tis.” The title ‘Tis represents America and Frank McCourt’s life in America. This is appropriate because ‘Tis is about Frank McCourt’s triumph over a poor childhood in Ireland and his ability to make