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There's atree that grows inBrooklyn. Some people call itthe Tree ofHeaven. No matter where itsseed falls, itmakes atree which struggles toreach the sky. It grows inboarded-up lots and out ofneglected rubbish heaps. It grows up out ofcellar gratings. It isthe only tree that grows out ofcement. Itgrows lushly ...
Harper Collins, Nov 13, 2001 - Fiction - 512 pages. The American classic about a young girl's coming of age at the turn of the century. "A profoundly moving novel, and an honest and true one.
Set in the early 20th century in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, the novel follows the life of Francie Nolan, a young girl with an unyielding spirit.At the heart of the narrative is a tree that grows in the courtyard of the Nolan family's tenement building, symbolizing the strength and endurance of life despite adversity.
May 30, 2006 · Harper Collins, May 30, 2006 - Fiction - 528 pages. 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...
The story begins in 1912, in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, where eleven-year-old Francie Nolan and her younger brother, Neeley, are spending a blissful Saturday collecting rags, paper, metal, rubber, and other scrap to sell to the junk man for a few pennies. Half of any money they get goes into the tin can bank that is nailed to the ...
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Mar 17, 2009 · 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.
