Pub Date: May 30, 2006
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0810
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 1.49" H x 8.29" L x 5.51" W ( 1.04 lbs) 528 pages
BISAC Categories:
Fiction | Classics | Cultural Heritage | Literary | Family Life | General | World Literature | American 20th Century | Coming of Age | Women | Small Town and Rural | Sagas | Psychological
Series: Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions
Description:
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 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.
Brief description:
Betty Smith (1896-1972) was a native of Brooklyn, New York. Her novels A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Tomorrow Will Be Better, Joy in the Morning, and Maggie-Now continue to capture the hearts and imaginations of millions of readers worldwide.
Review Quotes:
"A profoundly moving 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." - New York Times
"One of the books of the century." - New York Public Library
"Betty Smith was a born storyteller." - USA Today
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn deserves to be thought of as one of the greatest American novels." - The New Yorker
"One of the most cherished of American novels....It is the Dickensian novel of New York that we didn't think we had." - New York Times
"A poignant and deeply understanding story of childhood and family relationships....[Smith's] book has light and air in it, comedy and pathos, and an underlying rhythm pulsing to the surge and flow of humanity itself. No matter what happens to the Nolans, they never lose their awareness of the sweetness and wonder of life." - Orville Prescott, New York Times
"The quintessential New York immigrant novel, which underscored the power of education." - Min Jin Lee, The New York Times