A Tree Grows in Brooklyn LP
By Betty Smith
(Harper, Paperback, Large Print, 9780060745943, 848pp.)
Publication Date: February 2005
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Hardcover, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, , Library Binding, Compact Disc, Compact Disc
Categories: Classics
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is the coming-of-age story of young, sensitive, and idealistic Francie Nolan and her bittersweet formative years in the turn-of-the-century Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn. This poignant and moving classic of American literature is filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and incident.
Betty Smith (1896-1972) was a novelist and a dramatist. Her books include A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Tomorrow Will Be Better, and Maggie-Now.
“A profoundly moving novel, and an honest and true one. It cuts right to the heart of life. . . . If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn you will deny yourself a rich experience.”
-New York Times
“One of the books of the Century.”
-New York Public Library
“One of the most dearly beloved and one of the finest books of our day.”
-Orville Prescott
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