The American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
โ Scribed by Betty Smith
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Year
- 1943
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 268 KB
- Edition
- HarperCollins e-books (2003)
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0061803022
- ASIN
- B003H3IOLE
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โฆ Synopsis
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Hardcover, 493 pages
Published 1943
HarperCollins e-books (2003)
Greatest Books (amalgamated list of best books)
oreword by: Anna Quindlen (2001)
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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SUMMARY: 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.
### Amazon.com 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
The American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
### Amazon.com 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
SUMMARY: 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.