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Set in the Williamsburg and Bushwick sections of Brooklyn in the 1920s, Tomorrow Will Be Better is the story of Margy Shannon—shy, eager, joyfully optimistic—and her search for something better from life than the hard misery of poverty in which she lives.
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In late 2020, HarperPerennial Modern Classics reissued Tomorrow Will Be Betterfor a new generation of readers. From the publisher: From Betty Smith, author of the beloved classic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, comes a poignant story of love, marriage, poverty, and hope set in 1920s Brooklyn. Tomorrow Will Be Bettertells the story of Margy Shannon, a shy...
From the original review in The Times of San Mateo, CA, August 1948: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn has produced a shoot in Betty Smith’s second novel, Tomorrow Will Be Better.In fact, the Shannons and the Malones might be neighbors of those who peopled her first book. It is a simple, authentic story of people’s stubborn pursuit of their dreams, their re...
Dec 21, 2020 · The very things that made it an awkward follow-up to its beloved predecessor - its cynicism about class mobility and its depiction of sexual dissatisfaction in marriage - make it more intriguing...
Dec 11, 2020 · Written 70 years ago and set in Brooklyn 100 years ago, Tomorrow Will Be Better is a timeless, coming-of-age story of love and a young marriage, of poverty and hardship, of hope and second chances. Margy Shannon hopes optimistically for a better life than her parents.
Mar 19, 2023 · Tomorrow Will Be Better tells the story of Margy Shannon, a shy but joyfully optimistic young woman just out of school who lives with her parents and witnesses how a lifetime of hard work, poverty, and pain has worn them down.
Dec 3, 2020 · The following is excerpted from the reprint of Betty Smith's novel, Tomorrow Will Be Better, about young love, marriage, and hope. Smith (1896-1972) was an American author, best known for her 1943 novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, which is considered one of the greatest American novels of the 20th century. There couldn’t be a colder—a ...
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Nov 24, 2020 · Margy Shannon’s ambitions are more modest than those found in Smith’s earlier, openly autobiographical classic, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. At 17, Margy has limited expectations beyond the life she’s known.
