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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

Paperback | Pages: 496 pages

Rating: 4.26 | 371552 Users | 19554 Reviews

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Original Title:	A tree grows in Brooklyn
ISBN:	0061120073 (ISBN13: 9780061120077)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Francie Nolan, Neeley Nolan, Katie Nolan, Johnny Nolan, Mary Rommely, Sissy Rommely, Eva "Evy" Rommely Flittman, Thomas Rommely, Sergeant McShane
Setting:	Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York(United States) New York City, New York(United States) United States of America …more New York State(United States) …less
Literary Awards:	Audie Award for Classic (2002)

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The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people and incident. The story of young, sensitive, and idealistic Francie Nolan and her bittersweet formative years in the slums of Williamsburg has enchanted and inspired millions of readers for more than sixty years. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the daily experiences of the unforgettable Nolans are raw with honesty and tenderly threaded with family connectedness -- in a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as incredibly rich moments of universal experience.

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Title	:	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Author	:	Betty Smith
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deckle Page Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 496 pages
Published	:	May 30th 2006 by HarperCollins Publishers (first published August 18th 1943)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction. Thriller. Crime. Cultural. Russia. Suspense

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It is a tribute to Jeanette Walls that I could not get through this book without comparing it dozens of times to The Glass Castle, with The Glass Castle coming off as its genius granddaughter or fashionable little sister. I probably should have read this first, as a child or teenager, but its too late for that now. No regrets! I could not help wondering why Betty Smith wrote this story as fiction rather than memoir, and the fact of it being fiction made me notice a lack of complexity in Francies

Betty Smith's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" has been passed down through at least three or four generations and is highly regarded as a classic novel perfect for any young adult bent on entering adulthood and escaping from the gaping clutches of a complicated childhood. While it was not for those reasons that I first picked up "Brooklyn," I came to regard it as one of the finest books that I had ever read. At first glance, it is a very deceitful book: short; words spaced nicely apart; and, a

{Yup, I'm reading it AGAIN.}I sob, and I mean sob, every time I read this book. It's such a simple story--Francie Nolan is a smart little girl who's trying to find beauty in her sometimes ugly, always poverty-stricken life. Her adored father is wonderful, but too plagued by his own demons to support his family. Her mother loves her children fiercely but is often harsh because she thinks it's her job to keep them grounded in reality (oh, and she seems to love Francie's brother more). Her aunt is



In 1943 the average Caucasian American still believed that people of other races were contaminating swimming pools and public restrooms with their skin and that women of all races were second-class citizens. Out of this backdrop stepped a skinny white girl from Brooklyn who managed to publish a ridiculously modern coming-of-age novel and introduced the world to Francie Nolan.As well-read as I am, I had not met Francie Nolan until this week of my life, and I feel a great regret for not knowing

My story of this book. I never read this back during my school days though I was probably given the opportunity. I had two elective English classes where we were given a choice between three books, this was probably one but I chose another. Sometime within the passing years I bought a copy and put it in the book shelf that is next to my television, where it has stared at me for years, subtly asking ng is it my turn yet? When my friend Brina said she was reading this book and did anyone want to

Well, the tree grows very slowly and with exhaustive detail.Couldn't get through this one. Actually, that's not entirely true. I could have. And I don't mean that in the way of a mountain climber who just couldn't make it to the top and then warps reality by looking back at it. No, it's more like "couldn't" as in "I couldn't eat another hashbrown from my McDonald's breakfast." Sure, I COULD have. It just didn't seem worth the pain.I get why this book is a classic, I think. My brother and I argue