A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

by Betty Smith

Katie knew that he was the man she wanted. She’d ask nothing more than to look at him and to listen to him for the rest of her life. Then and there, she decided that those privileges were worth slaving for all her life. Maybe that decision was her great mistake. She should have waited until some man came along who felt that way about her.

But she was good because wherever she was, there was life, good, tender, overwhelming, fun-loving and strong-scented life.