Teacher Man

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning mega-bestselling author
who wore his celebrity with extraordinary grace comes a
magnificently appealing book about teaching and about how
one great storyteller found his voice. Frank McCourt
became an unlikely star when at the age of sixty-six he
burst onto the literary scene with Angelas Ashes the
Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick
Ireland. Then came Tis his glorious account of his early
years in New York. Now here at last is McCourts
long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching
career shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is
also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and
spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and compelling
honesty McCourt records the trials triumphs and surprises
he faced in the classroom. Teacher Man shows McCourt
developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story
as five days a week five periods per day he worked to gain
the attention and respect of unruly hormonally charged or
indifferent adolescents. For McCourt storytelling itself
is the source of salvation and in Teacher Man the journey
to redemption — and literary fame is an exhilarating
adventure