This is the follow up to his book Angela's Ashes. I think the previous book leaves the reader with him getting on a boat to America. And he's still on that boat when the second book starts. It is more about how he made his way in America. What are some of the things that turned him around - like a bartender telling him he ought to find his way to the library instead of spending so much time in his bar. And he took him up on it. I think he worked on the docks. Went into the Army (not by choice). And he went to school. And he got married. And he helped at least one brother to come over, maybe more. and through it all he was drinking fairly heavily. But he got educated and became a teacher.

The first book was about his boyhood and his mother doing whatever she had to do to get by. This one is about his real coming of age and learning that there are other things that can be done.

Tras ese maravilloso libro que es Las cenizas de Angela, va el autor y perpetra este pestiño aburrido hasta decir basta. Lo antirecomiendo.

The sequel to Angela's ashes Ti's is a good read. If you compare it to Angela's ashes though you will be disappointed. Mainly because one is a childhood memoir and as such, everything is perceived from a child's eyes which are innocent, believing and kind.

Ti's shows Frank about the harsh realities of life. he realizes priests lie, people have expectations. I enjoyed his time in the army as well as his teaching days.
He foreshadows the failure of his marriage by repeatedly saying "Marry your own kind"

This true story, is touching and certainly lends clarity on how difficult it is to come to another country as an immigrant and survive. So many time he was told to "stick with his kind". Here we are 70 years later, and those biases are still alive and well, unfortunately. An interesting, often sad tale.