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01614aam a2200277 4500 001 187EDD2CB63811EC99599F991FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220407010037 020 $a 9781417681419 020 $a 1417681411 040 $d SILO 100 $a Smith, Betty, $d 1904- 245 $a A tree grows in Brooklyn 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b HarperPerennial, $c [1943] 300 $a 423 pages ; $b HARDCOVER ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a "First edition." 520 $a 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. 651 $a Brooklyn (New York, NY) - fiction 650 $a Poor families $v Fiction 650 $a Girls $v Fiction 655 $a Fiction/Classic 700 $a Smith, Betty, 008 s1943 941 $a 1 952 $l REPC017 $d 20220407011130.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=187EDD2CB63811EC99599F991FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search