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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn / Betty Smith

By:

Smith, Betty, , 1896-1972

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Harper Perennial , 1998 , c1943.Description: 489 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780060929886

Subject(s):

Brooklyn (New York, NY) -- --Fiction

DDC classification:

YA FIC SMI

Summary: The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people and incident. The story of young, sensitive, and idealistic Francie Nolan and her bittersweet formative years in the slums of Williamsburg has enchanted and inspired millions of readers for more than sixty years. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the daily experiences of the unforgettable Nolans are raw with honesty and tenderly threaded with family connectedness -- in a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as incredibly rich moments of universal experience.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Young Adult	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Juvenil	Juvenil	YA FIC SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Fiction		008387

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The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people and incident. The story of young, sensitive, and idealistic Francie Nolan and her bittersweet formative years in the slums of Williamsburg has enchanted and inspired millions of readers for more than sixty years. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the daily experiences of the unforgettable Nolans are raw with honesty and tenderly threaded with family connectedness -- in a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as incredibly rich moments of universal experience.

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