Name: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Rating: 4.875 (4 reviews)
ISBN: 9780060801267

Betty Smith

A poignant story of childhood and family relationships.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

The Nolan family, originally from Ireland and Austria, are first-generation immigrants to the United States. Their life in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn is poor and deprived, but their sacrifices make it possible for their children to grow up in a land of boundless opportunity. Francie Nolan- alert, imaginative, and resourceful- is the eldest daughter of the family. Her journey through the first years of a century of profound change is difficult - and transformative. Despite the poverty and suffering, there is hope, and the prospect of a brighter future. Betty Smith's debut novel is universally regarded as a modern classic. The sprawling tale of an immigrant family in early 20th-century Brooklyn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of the great distinctively American novels.

favorite read of the year so far. wow. beautiful and terrible and full of everything in life. it kept me up each night and i cried so often and remembered childhood moments of my own (even though they happened like 100 years after these stories). loved it 

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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