A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Low Price CD
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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) --Emilie Coulter |
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This is really a beautiful story about how much people really struggled and how very little they had, but how satisfied they were with very little. The struggles of this family do not completely outshine the trials of other families of the time, touched upon by Betty Smith in this book, which makes it humbling and modest. In other words, she recognizes the importance of everyone and not just the main characters. Sissy is a wonderful character in this book, the sister everyone would love to have.
If anyone reads this expecting it to be like the classic movie with Dorothy McGuire, be prepared for an important difference. The movie only tells about half of the story. In the book, we follow Francie and Neeley Nolan through early adulthood. Since the movie is a tearjerker, people might want to know that the book is too. I really bawled. This book is wonderful and deserves to be a forever classic.
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