Tree Grows in Brooklyn

English

Series: Perennial Classics Ser.

ISBN: 0060736267

EAN: 9780060736262

Category: Fiction / Coming of Age/Fiction / Family Life/

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: 01/19/2005

Synopsis: The beloved American classic about a young girls coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty Smiths 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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Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 5.25 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 15.06 oz

Pages: 528