num_pages: 376
description: The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, 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.
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: William Heinemann