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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

Start date: May 1, 2019

Finish date: May 31, 2019

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Jun 13, 2010 Ahtims rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ebooks, historical

I really loved reading this book. The coming of age story of a poor Irish girl living in Brooklyn. It was poignant. It was wonderful. The descriptions were great. Descriptions play a great role in making a book a classic - the story may be mediocre, there may be nothing new to convey, but the way the circumstances, thoughts and inanimate objects were described, I felt as if I was walking through the lanes, experiencing the poverty and anguish. I felt hungry during descriptions of their various m ...more

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Oct 06, 2011 gudetamama rated it liked it

Shelves: ya, fiction

Inspiring story. I wish I had the steel of the Rommely women.

I could definitely relate to the part about working young, and having to grow up a little bit faster than your peers. Like Francie, I also had to drop out of school to work, to help out my family, and send my younger siblings to school. Then only later on when I'd saved enough did I try to catch up with everybody else. The part about the graduation bouquet from her dad made me cry. My dad wasn't at my graduation. He did attend my broth ...more

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