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Betty Smith


Born
in Brooklyn, NY, The United States
December 15, 1896

Died
January 17, 1972

Genre
Literature & Fiction


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Betty Smith (AKA Sophina Elisabeth Wehner): Born- December 15, 1896; Died- January 17, 1972

Born in Brooklyn, New York to German immigrants, she grew up poor in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These experiences served as the framework to her first novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943).

After marrying George H. E. Smith, a fellow Brooklynite, she moved with him to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he pursued a law degree at the University of Michigan. At this time, she gave birth to two girls and waited until they were in school so she could complete her higher education. Although Smith had not finished high school, the university al ...more

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Average rating: 4.28 · 458,410 ratings · 26,752 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
4.29 avg rating — 444,543 ratings — published 1943 — 423 editions
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Joy in the Morning
3.93 avg rating — 7,735 ratings — published 1963 — 8 editions
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Tomorrow Will Be Better
3.92 avg rating — 3,157 ratings — published 1948 — 43 editions
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Maggie-Now
3.91 avg rating — 2,292 ratings — published 1950 — 29 editions
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Det växte ett träd i Brookl...
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“The world was hers for the reading.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
tags: books, feminist, reading
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“I know that's what people say-- you'll get over it. I'd say it, too. But I know it's not true. Oh, youll be happy again, never fear. But you won't forget. Every time you fall in love it will be because something in the man reminds you of him.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
tags: happiness, lost-love, love
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“Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere - be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
tags: growing-up, inspirational, life
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