num_pages: 399
description: She was a Brooklyn girl with a Brooklyn name and a Brooklyn accent...and this is her story.It's the story of the Nolans, a brave devoted immigrant family, struggling to survive and rise above the squalor, poverty and violence that surround their Brooklyn tenement home.Wise, sensible, funny, sad...A Tree Grows in Brooklyn echoes brilliantly an era that should never be forgotten. It's a novel as heartwarming and as popular today as it was when first published over 40 years ago.A profoundly moving novel and an honest and true one. If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn you will deny yourself a rich experience, many hours of delightful entertainment and the pleasant tingle that comes from the discovery of a fresh, original and finished talent - NEW YORK TIMES.
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: 452650
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: Pavanne Books