A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Softcover

Smith Betty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060801263 ISBN 13: 9780060801267

Publisher: Perennial Classic, 1968

Synopsis

A novel about a young girl, her family and friends, and their life in the slum section of Brooklyn in the early years of the twentieth century.

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Review:

Francie Nolan, avid reader, penny-candy connoisseur, and adroit observer of human nature, has much to ponder in colorful, turn-of-the-century Brooklyn. She grows up with a sweet, tragic father, a severely realistic mother, and an aunt who gives her love too freely--to men, and to a brother who will always be the favored child. Francie learns early the meaning of hunger and the value of a penny. She is her father's child--romantic and hungry for beauty. But she is her mother's child, too--deeply practical and in constant need of truth. Like the Tree of Heaven that grows out of cement or through cellar gratings, resourceful Francie struggles against all odds to survive and thrive. Betty Smith's poignant, honest novel created a big stir when it was first published over 50 years ago. Her frank writing about life's squalor was alarming to some of the more genteel society, but the book's humor and pathos ensured its place in the realm of classics--and in the hearts of readers, young and old. (Ages 10 and older) --Emilie Coulter

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About this edition

• Publisher: Perennial Classic
• Publication date: 1968
• ISBN 10: 0060801263
• ISBN 13: 9780060801267
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432