For 30 years, Frank McCourt taught English and later Creative Writing in various high schools in New York City. He shares anecdotes about his experiences in some very different schools, and stories about his own life during those years, and how all that finally led to him writing his first book, Angela’s Ashes, which won a Pulitzer Prize, at the age of 66. At first glance, this should be a good book. It’s funny and heartwarming, but occasionally tragic and thought-provoking. There are a bunch […]