A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith | Children's Books | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0061803022 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0061803022 Global Overview for this book
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Bought at a booksale at Ringerike Library. Isn't marked as a library book.
"«A profoundly moing novel, and an honest and true one. It cuts right to the heart of life... If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn you will deny yourself a rich experience... It is a poignant and deeply understanding story of childhood and familiy relationships. The Nolans lived in the Willamsburg slums of Brooklyn from 1902 until 1919. Their daughter Francie and their son Neely knew more than their fair share of the privations and sufferings that are the lot of a great city's poor. Primarily this is Francie's book. She is a superb feat of characterisation, an inmaginative, alert, resourseful child. And Francie's growing up and beginnings of wisdom are the substance of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.» New York Times
«One of the books of the century» New York Public Library
«This story radiates life.» Daily Telegraph"
"«A profoundly moing novel, and an honest and true one. It cuts right to the heart of life... If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn you will deny yourself a rich experience... It is a poignant and deeply understanding story of childhood and familiy relationships. The Nolans lived in the Willamsburg slums of Brooklyn from 1902 until 1919. Their daughter Francie and their son Neely knew more than their fair share of the privations and sufferings that are the lot of a great city's poor. Primarily this is Francie's book. She is a superb feat of characterisation, an inmaginative, alert, resourseful child. And Francie's growing up and beginnings of wisdom are the substance of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.» New York Times
«One of the books of the century» New York Public Library
«This story radiates life.» Daily Telegraph"
