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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [75th Anniversary Ed] by Betty Smith (2018, Trade Paperback, Anniversary)

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Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Paperback by Smith, Betty, ISBN 0060736267, ISBN-13 9780060736262, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Follows young Francie Nolan, who is armed with her idealism and determination, as she struggles to escape from the poverty of life in a Brooklyn tenement during the early 1900s.

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A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick A 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 resonant moments of universal experience. Here is an American classic that "cuts right to the heart of life," hails the New York Times. "If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, you will deny yourself a rich experience."

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060736267
ISBN-13
9780060736262
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30538081

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Book Title
Tree Grows in Brooklyn [75th Anniversary Ed]
Author
Betty Smith
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Cultural Heritage, Family Life, Coming of Age
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
528 Pages

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Item Length
8in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
14.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3537.M2895t7 2005
Edition Description
Anniversary
Edition Number
75
Reviews
"A poignant and deeply understanding story of childhood and family relationships....[Smith's] book has light and air in it, comedy and pathos, and an underlying rhythm pulsing to the surge and flow of humanity itself. No matter what happens to the Nolans, they never lose their awareness of the sweetness and wonder of life." -- Orville Prescott, New York Times "Betty Smith was a born storyteller." -- USA Today "One of the books of the century." -- New York Public Library "A profoundly moving novel, and an honest and true one. It cuts right to the heart of life. . . . If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn you will deny yourself a rich experience." -- New York Times "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn deserves to be thought of as one of the greatest American novels." -- The New Yorker "One of the most cherished of American novels....It is the Dickensian novel of New York that we didn't think we had." -- New York Times, A profoundly moving novel, and an honest and true one. It cuts right to the heart of life. . . . If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn you will deny yourself a rich experience.
Copyright Date
1947
Lccn
2004-057293
Dewey Decimal
813/.52
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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5 out of 5 stars
by souriante1947Apr 08, 2022
Hard & happy times, sad times but always learning from life's lessons and from a love of reading.
The book depicts life in the slums just as they were when my parents were growing up, although it was a bit rougher than as she describes it. I grew up in Greenpoint which is mentioned in the book - it borders the area where most of the action takes place. The younger generation and even my generation don't realize my sisters and I slept in the same bed in a tiny bedroom with no windows, my parents slept on a pull out bed in the living room and we had a tiny kitchen that barely fit a table and chairs. The toilet was in the hall and we had no shower or bath - had to go to the public baths as did many of my friends who lived in a poor immigrant neighborhood in the 1950's. It was still a lot like the book though the book takes place at an earlier time. I think it would be a good book for the kids today who seem to want for nothing to see how hard life was in the USA then and I was a second generation American. Read full review
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5 out of 5 stars
by idlehorse59Apr 14, 2022
Now one of my favorite books.
This is a beautiful coming of age book based on the authors life. I couldn’t put it down. When my daughter is older I’ll ask her to read it as well. Three generations of my family have now read and loved this book. It’s life changing.
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5 out of 5 stars
by grapeeatingcow8...Nov 04, 2008
in my top 3 of all time favorite books
my son was reading this book for his english class and i thought i'd read it at the same time. i think i might have read it as a teen. i definitely saw the movie. i loved reading this book. it coincides so beautifully with what's going on in the world today--the honor of working hard and living without, not living outside of your means. the love of family despite all the flaws. seeing the best in each other when we are so obviously damaged. i found myself rooting for the characters even though i knew there wasn't some perfect ending for them all. this is such a beautifully written depiction of life in the depression. it brought me back to all the stories my father used to tell us about his childhood that i just couldn't relate to, growing up in the 70's. for those of us who are caught up in the quest for more material things, this book is a reminder that things are not what matter in life. highly recommend.Read full review
5 out of 5 stars
by nancymclongJun 04, 2011
All-American tale of immigrants growing up in poverty but with hope.
Where was I when everyone else was reading this book? My book club had been reading the recent books of Jeanette Walls [Half Broke Horses and The Glass Castle] about a girl growing up poor with crazy and alcoholic parents. Many members of the group count A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as their favorite books of all time [up there with To Kill a Mockingbird and A Christmas Carol]. But I had never read it. That's why I bought it. Another novel about growing up poor with an alcoholic father, but in a more innocent time and place. This book has none of the bitterness of Walls accounts. It is a book of infinite hope and faith in the educational system to raise each succeeding generation from the poverty of the initial immigrant generation. It is truly an American story and it should be required reading in all schools.Read full review
4 out of 5 stars
by timbofischAug 06, 2023
charming Literature
charming. An American Dickens, sorta. Poor kid is rich in experience. She had an appreciation of little things we take for granted living in times of plenty. And a strong sense of justice despite the cultural differences between early 20th Century and now.
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Hard & happy times, sad times but always learning from life's lessons and from a love of reading.

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