[DOC] [TLE] A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel) - Wikipedia [PAR] A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1943 novel written by Betty Smith. The story 
focuses on an ... Book One opens in 1912 and introduces 11-year-old Francie 
Nolan, who lives in the Williamsburg tenement neighborhood of Brooklyn with 
her ... Kate resents Francie because the baby is constantly ill, while Neeley is 
more robust. [DOC] [TLE] SparkNotes: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: Analysis of Major Characters [PAR] Covers: Francie Nolan, Katie Nolan, Johnny, Sissy. ... Betty Smith ... Of all the 
characters in the novel, she is most loyal to Brooklyn and her neighborhood in ... 
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn tells the story of Francie's coming of age, and ... 
realizes that Katie is the means by which her children will live better lives than 
their parents. [DOC] [TLE] The Tree Still Grows in Brooklyn - The New York Times [PAR] Jan 3, 1999 ... etty Smith was five years older than her creation, Francie Nolan, who was born in 
1901. ... ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,'' published in 1943, was an immediate best ... 
Maurice Sendak, Marianne Moore, Richard Wright and Betty Smith. ... or 
Bushwick might tell another tale, one closer to that of Smith's novel. [DOC] [TLE] A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith  Reviews ... - Goodreads [PAR] Francie Nolan, avid reader, penny candy connoisseur and adroit observer of ...... I 
could not help wondering why Betty Smith wrote this story as fiction rather ..... 
Shelves: classics, favorites, read-in-2011, library-book, u-s, nyc ..... story of 
Francie Nolan and her day to day life in the slums of Brooklyn during the early 
1900s. [DOC] [TLE] A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith  Reviews ... - Goodreads [PAR] A moving coming-of-age story set in the 1900's, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn follows 
... Published 1989 by The Reader's Digest Association (first published 1943) ..... 
Although I loved this book as a child, reading it as an adult gave me less. ..... The 
novel focuses on Francie Nolan, a young and idealistic girl living in the slums of... [DOC] [TLE] A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith - Reviews & Summaries [PAR] The reader soon discovers that the Nolans are very poor and live in a squalid 
tenement, ... The novel is full of the routine life of a child  the delight in a bag of 
candy, the ... Nolan in slum  Francie alert resourceful tale of all details + 
important things ... A Tree Grows in Brooklyn tells the story of Francie Nolan, a 
young girl... [DOC] [TLE] Reflection  Feb 28 | The Peopling of Brooklyn [PAR] Three years ago, I identified with the novel, the protagonist, and its coming of age 
story. ... Poverty, Class, and Gender in Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ... 
by Betty Smith depicts the poor side of Brooklyn and how these people live their 
daily ... Smith manages to capture the real story of Francie and growing up poor. [DOC] [TLE] Pin by Hildegarde ~ on A tree grows in Brooklyn | Pinterest [PAR] A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, a book that will forever have a special 
place in .... "Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows it can read printed words! [DOC] [TLE] A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | San Diego Public Library | BiblioCommons [PAR] A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Book) : Smith, Betty : The beloved American classic 
about ... Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a poignant and moving tale 
filled with ... and idealistic Francie Nolan and her bittersweet formative years in 
the slums of ... Its about a poor family named the Nolans living in the slums of 
Brooklyn... [DOC] [TLE] Back to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - King County Library System [PAR] The Nolans lived in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn from 1902 until 1919. ... 
Francie Nolan, a young Brooklyn girl both impoverished and mistreated, 
searches ... but of the noisy immigrant life made

Question: This 1943 Betty Smith novel told the story of Francie Nolan, a child living in NYC's slums
Answer: "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"