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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [75th Anniversary Ed] (Perennial Classics) by Betty Smith; with a foreward by Anna Quindlen is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickA special 75th anniversary edition of the beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century. From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn, New York demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family's erratic and eccentric behavior-such as her father Johnny's taste for alcohol and Aunt Sissy's habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce-no one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans' life lacked drama. By turns overwhelming, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the Nolans' daily experiences are raw with honestly and tenderly threaded with family connectedness. Betty Smith has, in the pages of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, captured the joys of humble Williamsburg life-from "junk day" on Saturdays, when the children traded their weekly take for pennies, to the special excitement of holidays, bringing cause for celebration and revelry. Smith has created a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as deeply resona

Who reads A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [75th Anniversary Ed] (Perennial Classics)?

Author

Betty Smith; with a foreward by Anna Quindlen

Publisher

HarperCollins e-books

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780061803024

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Children'S

Rating

4.24 / 5 (5,416 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14