Her father, Johnny, was an alcoholic but was loved across town. This is due to the intrigue and simplicity of the plotline: the coming of age of a young woman in the poorest circumstances.įrom the moment she was born, Francie was unfortunate. Smith’s novel is 491 pages, but a breeze to read. Betty Smith’s classic takes you on a journey plagued by poverty, but powered by hope, with guidance that we can all relish to this day. The novel, “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” diverts you from the grimaces of 2020, by taking you to Brooklyn at the beginning of the 20th century, where protagonist Francie Nolan is getting by day to day. With an everlasting pandemic and a tumultuous election coming up, wanting to escape reality has become a reality. ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’ was first released in 1943.
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