A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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of -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings --, Illinois USA on 7/12/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by ILuvToRead2 from -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings --, Illinois USA on Thursday, July 12, 2007
ILuvToRead2 from -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings --, Illinois USA on Thursday, July 12, 2007
Review from Amazon.com:
Francie Nolan, avid reader, penny-candy connoisseur, and adroit observer of human nature, has much to ponder in colorful, turn-of-the-century Brooklyn. She grows up with a sweet, tragic father, a severely realistic mother, and an aunt who gives her love too freely--to men, and to a brother who will always be the favored child. Francie learns early the meaning of hunger and the value of a penny. She is her father's child--romantic and hungry for beauty. But she is her mother's child, too--deeply practical and in constant need of truth. Like the Tree of Heaven that grows out of cement or through cellar gratings, resourceful Francie struggles against all odds to survive and thrive. Betty Smith's poignant, honest novel created a big stir when it was first published over 50 years ago. Her frank writing about life's squalor was alarming to some of the more genteel society, but the book's humor and pathos ensured its place in the realm of classics--and in the hearts of readers, young and old. (Ages 10 and older)
Francie Nolan, avid reader, penny-candy connoisseur, and adroit observer of human nature, has much to ponder in colorful, turn-of-the-century Brooklyn. She grows up with a sweet, tragic father, a severely realistic mother, and an aunt who gives her love too freely--to men, and to a brother who will always be the favored child. Francie learns early the meaning of hunger and the value of a penny. She is her father's child--romantic and hungry for beauty. But she is her mother's child, too--deeply practical and in constant need of truth. Like the Tree of Heaven that grows out of cement or through cellar gratings, resourceful Francie struggles against all odds to survive and thrive. Betty Smith's poignant, honest novel created a big stir when it was first published over 50 years ago. Her frank writing about life's squalor was alarming to some of the more genteel society, but the book's humor and pathos ensured its place in the realm of classics--and in the hearts of readers, young and old. (Ages 10 and older)
Journal Entry 2 by ILuvToRead2 from -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings --, Illinois USA on Monday, October 29, 2007
ILuvToRead2 from -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings --, Illinois USA on Monday, October 29, 2007
Mailed to coasterkim as a RABCK. Enjoy!
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I really enjoyed this book. It is my Book Club's selection for next month and I'm glad I had the chance to read this classic. I was fascinated with the life of Francie and her family and neighbors in Brooklyn in the early 1900s. Amazing what they could buy for a penny! And the different cultural stuff was really interesting. Unfortunately the book fell apart in my hands as I read it and just doesn't seem repairable. I will have to throw this copy away as it's just in pieces.
