01497cam a2200289 4500 56465763 TxAuBib 20090101120000.0 930707s1968||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780060801267 $6.50 0060801263 $6.50 (OCoLC)1507369 TxAuBib Smith, Betty, 1896-1972. A Tree grows in Brooklyn / Betty Smith. 1st Perennial Library ed. New York, NY : HarperPerennial, 1968. 430 p. ; 18 cm. A novel. 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. 810 Lexile. 20090101. Families Fiction. Slums Fiction. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Fiction. TXGOR