A tree grows in Brooklyn

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  • Author: Smith, Betty
    Contributor:

    Alvin Theatre Corporation

    ,

    Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)

    ,

    Booth, Shirley

    ,

    Johnston, Johnnie

    Summary:

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1943 novel written by Betty Smith. The story focuses on an impoverished but aspirational, second-generation Irish-American, adolescent girl and her family in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, during the first two decades of the 20th century.

    Language(s): English

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Alvin Theatre Corporation

Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)

Booth, Shirley

Johnston, Johnnie

Abstract

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1943 novel written by Betty Smith. The story focuses on an impoverished but aspirational, second-generation Irish-American, adolescent girl and her family in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, during the first two decades of the 20th century.

Genre
Bildungsromans
Domestic fiction
Young adult fiction
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