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A tree grows in Brooklyn / Betty Smith.

LIBRA Special PS3537.M2895 T7 1998
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Author/Creator:
Contributor:
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genre:
  • Fiction.
  • Domestic fiction.
  • Bildungsromans.
Penn Provenance:
  • Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
Physical Description:
489 pages : portrait ; 21 cm
Edition:
First Perennial Classics edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Perennial Classics, 1998.
Summary:
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 ... It is a poignant and deeply understanding story of childhood and family relationships. The Nolans lived in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn from 1902 until 1919 ... Their daughter Francie and their son Neely knew more than their fair share of the privations and sufferings that are the lot of a great city's poor. Primarily this is Francie's book. She is a superb feat of characterization, an imaginative, alert, resourceful child. And Francie's growing up and beginnings of wisdom are the substance of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
ISBN:
  • 006092988X
  • 9780060929886
OCLC:
39143152
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