A Tree Grows in Brooklynby Betty Smith | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - General" |
| Pages: | 420 |
| Year of Publication: | 1943 |
| Date Read: | 10/31/1997 |
| Notes: | Francie Nolan, avid reader, penny-candy connoisseur and adroit observer of human nature, has much to ponder in colorful, turn-of-the-century Brooklyn. She grows up with a sweet, tragic father, a severely realistic mother and an aunt who gives her love too freely — to men, and to a brother who will always be the favored child. Francie learns early the meaning of hunger and the value of a penny. |
| My Rating: | 6 |