description: Francie Nolan, armed with idealism and determination, struggles to escape from the poverty of life in a Brooklyn tenement during the early 1900's
language: English
title: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
titlecomplete: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
characters: Mary Rommely, Sissy Rommely, Johnny Nolan, Eva "Evy" Rommely Flittman, Katie Nolan, Thomas Rommely, Francie Nolan, Sergeant McShane, Neeley Nolan
genres: Fiction, Historical, Coming Of Age, Book Club, Young Adult, Literature, Classics, Novels, New York, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 452651
places: New York (State), The United States of America, New York City, New York, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn, New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic
publisher: G K Hall & Co