03142cam a2200397 4500 1130872881 TxAuBib 20240125120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780061803024 0061803022 B000FCK65W Amazon 5878894c-3569-4beb-8dd3-cb9cfd4941e1 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 50841 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Smith, Betty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [Libby]. HarperCollins, 2009. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1830kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Classic Literature. Fiction. Literature. HTML:A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century. From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for the often harsh life of Williamsburg demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family's erratic and eccentric behavior—such as her father Johnny's taste for alcohol and Aunt Sissy's habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce—no one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans' life lacked drama. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the Nolans' daily experiences are tenderly threaded with family connectedness and raw with honesty. Betty Smith has, in the pages of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, captured the joys of humble Williamsburg life-from "junk day" on Saturdays, when the children of Francie's neighborhood traded their weekly take for pennies, to the special excitement of holidays, bringing cause for celebration and revelry. Betty Smith has artfully caught this sense of exciting life in a novel of childhood, replete with incredibly rich moments of universal experiences—a truly remarkable achievement for any writer.. 3. 4. Media Type: eBook. The New York Times Best Seller List. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-01-24 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/587/889/4C/TreeGrowsinBrooklyn.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5878894C-3569-4BEB-8DD3-CB9CFD4941E1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/587/889/4C/TreeGrowsinBrooklyn.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5878894C-3569-4BEB-8DD3-CB9CFD4941E1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/587/889/4C/TreeGrowsinBrooklyn.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5878894C-3569-4BEB-8DD3-CB9CFD4941E1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)