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- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1943 semi-autobiographical novel written by Betty Smith. The story focuses on an impoverished but aspirational adolescent girl and her family living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, during the first two decades of the 20th century.
- A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick. The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century.
- From the moment she entered the world, Francie needed to be made of stern stuff, for the often harsh life of Williamsburg demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family’s erratic and eccentric behavior-such as her father Johnny’s taste for alcohol and Aunt Sissy’s habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce-no one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans’ life lacked drama. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the Nolans’ daily experiences are tenderly threaded with family connectedness and raw with honesty. Betty Smith has, in the pages of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, captured the joys of humble Williamsburg life-from “junk day” on Saturdays, when the children of Francie’s neighborhood traded their weekly take for pennies, to the special excitement of holidays, bringing cause for celebration and revelry. Smith has created a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as deeply resonant moments of universal experience. Here is an American classic that "cuts right to the heart of life," hails the New York Times. "If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, you will deny yourself a rich experience."
- Adaptation
- In 1945, a film adaptation directed by Elia Kazan
- In 1974, a second film adaptation
- In 1950, Smith teamed with George Abbott to write the book for the 1951 musical adaptation
- Betty Smith (born as Elisabeth Lillian Wehner, 1896-1972) was a native of Brooklyn, New York. Her novels A Tree Grown in Brooklyn, Tomorrow Will Be Better, Joy in the Morning, Maggie-Now are classics to be read widely.
- Smith got married three times and had two children from her first marriage.
- On January 17, 1972, Smith died of pneumonia in Shelton, Connecticut, at the age of 75 and buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery in North Carolina, alongside her third husband Robert Voris Finch.
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Rating: 4.7/5
Author: Betty Smith
Publisher: Harper, Book Club (Reissued edition); Harper & Brothers (First edition)
Publishing Date: November 13, 2001(Reissued edition); 1943 (Harper Brothers)
Edition Language: English
Genre: Cultural Heritage Fiction, Classic American Literature, Family Saga Fiction
ISBN-10: 0060001941
ISBN-13: 978-0060001940
Pages: 512 (Hardcover)
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