The Frank McCourt Memoirs: Teacher Man : A Memoir (Hardcover)

from ursula

McCourt is an interesting man, but I think that even though he laid so much of his life bare in Angela's Ashes, he's decided to pull back a bit and this book suffers because of it. This slim book covers his entire professional career, along with a divorce and remarriage that are barely mentioned....

from Jeffrey414

I enjoyed McCourt's "Teacher Man." I had an unusual thought reading "Teacher Man" considering recent books we have read, I wish this one was longer! More stories! More anecdotes! This book tells of both humorous and touching stories from his 30 years of teaching in New York City schools. Recipes ...

from eleanor_eader

I enjoyed Frank McCourt's childhood biography, Angela's Ashes, but never bothered to pick up 'Tis, so I wasn't sure if I would find any coherent link between the child of Ireland and America, and the teacher of American children... McCourt, however, brought his whole life to his teaching experien...

from dimestorenovel

I love McCourt's stories. Teacher man is not as good as 'Tis, which I loved (but I lost the book in an airport in Spain), or Angela's Ashes. Nonetheless, a fun and interesting read. He makes me smile. That may seem simple...but it takes ALOT to make me smile.

from Donna828

Another delightful memoir by a gifted writer and teacher. As one reviewer said, McCourt moves from Ireland and "exchanges one garden of suffering for another." This time he suffers at the hands of thousands of NYC high school students over a 30-year period.