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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Modern Classics)

by Betty Smith

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Publisher Comments:

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.

About the Author

Betty Smith was born Elisabeth Wehner on December 15, 1896, the same date as, although five years earlier than, her fictional heroine Francie Nolan. The daughter of German immigrants, she grew up poor in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, the very world she recreates with such meticulous detail in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Smith also wrote other novels and had a long career as a dramatist, writing one-act and full-length plays for which she received both the Rockefeller Fellowship and the Dramatists Guild Fellowship. She died in 1972.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780061120077
Author:
Smith, Betty
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Foreword:
Quindlen, Anna
Author:
by Betty Smith
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Girls
Subject:
Brooklyn (new york, n.y.)
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
Bildungsromans
Series:
Modern Classics
Publication Date:
June 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
493
Dimensions:
8.29x5.51x1.49 in. 1.19 lbs.

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