A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

By (author): "Betty Smith"
Publish Date: 1943
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
ISBN0330285483
ISBN139780330285483
AsinA Tree Grows in Brooklyn
CharactersFrancie Nolan, Neeley Nolan, Katie Nolan, Johnny Nolan, Mary Rommely..
Original titleA Tree Grows in Brooklyn
She was a Brooklyn girl with a Brooklyn name and a Brooklyn accent...and this is her story.It's the story of the Nolans, a brave devoted immigrant family, struggling to survive and rise above the squalor, poverty and violence that surround their Brooklyn tenement home.Wise, sensible, funny, sad...A Tree Grows in Brooklyn echoes brilliantly an era that should never be forgotten. It's a novel as heartwarming and as popular today as it was when first published over 40 years ago.A profoundly moving novel and an honest and true one. If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn you will deny yourself a rich experience, many hours of delightful entertainment and the pleasant tingle that comes from the discovery of a fresh, original and finished talent - NEW YORK TIMES.