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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

By Betty Smith, Carrington MacDuffie (Reader)

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| Audio CD | 9781433203114

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This is the profoundly moving story of a young girl coming of age at the turn of the century. Francie Nolan lives with her family in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn from 1902 until 1919, where, as an imaginative, alert, and resourceful child, she grows up under the burden of suffering that is theContinue

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'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' by Betty Smith

Originally published in 1943, this book is billed as a much-loved American classic. The cover of my new paperback edition says it was selected as one of the Books of the Century by the New York Public Library. But up until a recent visit to Manhattan ... (read full critics)

readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010

8 Reviews

Loved this book. You just don't want this book to end!

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Lgpitre said on Oct 27, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

magnificent

A great coming of age story and very well written. Because it is semi-autobiographical it does not move along a plot line or towards a climax like a tradional story. However, Betty Smith is able to keep a readers interest through a creative spinning of anecdotes and memories. Some might find the ... (continue)

A great coming of age story and very well written. Because it is semi-autobiographical it does not move along a plot line or towards a climax like a tradional story. However, Betty Smith is able to keep a readers interest through a creative spinning of anecdotes and memories. Some might find the first couple chapters slow, as she sets up her life and routine. After that you won't be able to put it down. Although she talks about the privations and difficulties of growing up in a tenemant neighborhood, there's no sense of despair. She writes a beauty into a life of hardship as seen from the eyes of a child that you won't soon forget.

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Dkirscht said on Apr 28, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Brooklyn (New York) - 1900's

Brilliant book, loved the characters (especially Francie!), the plot, the style. It is sweet, bitter, sad, joyful. One of those books that will stay with me forever.

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Mati said on Jan 31, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

I loved this book and would give it 6 stars if I could!! It's a coming of age story of a girl in brooklyn.

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Ann said on Nov 21, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

An eternal novel

I found this book in a store, the first time I went to NYC in 2005. I loved it. It's so contemporary, even if it's from the sixties. One year ago it has been translated in Italian. A book not to miss.

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Ms. Bunbury said on Jul 2, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

A brilliant book about a little girl growing up in Brooklyn. It details her struggles due to poverty, and pulls no punches. The only reason why this one is rated 3 stars is because I felt like the ending was rushed.

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Heather Landry said on Aug 9, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback