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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Smith, Betty

Paperback

Series: Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions, Book 3

Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $19.00

ISBN10: 0061120073
ISBN13: 9780061120077
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: May 30 2006
Pages: 528
Weight: 1.04
Height: 1.49 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.29
Language: English

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick

The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century.

From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for the often harsh life of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family's erratic and eccentric behavior--such as her father Johnny's taste for alcohol and Aunt Sissy's habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce--no one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans' life lacked drama. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the Nolans' daily experiences in this classic novel are tenderly threaded with family connectedness and raw with honesty. Betty Smith has, in the pages of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, captured the joys of humble Williamsburg life-from junk day on Saturdays, when the children of Francie's neighborhood traded their weekly take for pennies, to the special excitement of holidays, bringing cause for celebration and revelry. Betty Smith has artfully caught this sense of exciting life in a poignant work of historical fiction, a novel of childhood replete with incredibly rich moments of universal experiences--a truly remarkable achievement for any writer.

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