A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Informationen zum Autor Betty Smith Klappentext ______________________ NOW CELEBRATING ITS 75th ANNIVERSARY Betty Smith's debut novel is universally regarded as a modern classic. The sprawling tale of an immigrant family in early 20th-century Brooklyn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of the great distinctively American novels. The Nolan family are first-generation immigrants to the United States. Originating in Ireland and Austria, their life in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn is poor and deprived, but their sacrifices make it possible for their children to grow up in a land of boundless opportunity. Francie Nolan is the eldest daughter of the family. Alert, imaginative and resourceful, her journey through the first years of a century of profound change is difficult - and transformative. But amid the poverty and suffering among the poor of Brooklyn, there is hope, and the prospect of a brighter future. Zusammenfassung The sprawling tale of an immigrant family in early 20th-century Brooklyn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of the great distinctively American novels. The Nolan family are first-generation immigrants to the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Betty Smith, Smith Betty
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.09.1992
• EAN: 9780099427575
• ISBN: 978-0-09-942757-5
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; New York, Brooklyn, FICTION / Family Life / General, Historical fiction, Family life fiction, c 1910 to c 1919, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945)