A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

A Tree Grows In BrooklynCondition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780099427575 Format: B format paperback Year: 2001 Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK Description: Poignant, moving, triumphant in the bestselling tradition of Angela's Ashes ______________________ NOW CELEBRATING ITS 75th ANNIVERSARY Betty Smith's debut novel is universally regarded as a modern classic. The sprawling tale of an immigrant family in early 20th century Brooklyn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of the great

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780099427575
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2001
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK


Description:
Poignant, moving, triumphant - in the bestselling tradition of Angela's Ashes



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NOW CELEBRATING ITS 75th ANNIVERSARY



Betty Smith's debut novel is universally regarded as a modern classic. The sprawling tale of an immigrant family in early 20th-century Brooklyn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of the great distinctively American novels.




The Nolan family are first-generation immigrants to the United States. Originating in Ireland and Austria, their life in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn is poor and deprived, but their sacrifices make it possible for their children to grow up in a land of boundless opportunity.




Francie Nolan is the eldest daughter of the family. Alert, imaginative and resourceful, her journey through the first years of a century of profound change is difficult - and transformative. But amid the poverty and suffering among the poor of Brooklyn, there is hope, and the prospect of a brighter future.