A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943) - Betty Smith
Category: Classic
Narrator: Anna Fields
Tags: Classic, Historical Fiction, Literature, Adults
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Books, 1996 Length:14 hr 30 min., The beloved American classic about a young girls coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century., A Tree Grows in Brooklyn follows the lives of 11-year-old Francie Nolan, her younger brother Neely, and their parents, Irish immigrants who have settled in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn., From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for the often harsh life of Williamsburg demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her familys erratic and eccentric behaviorsuch as her father Johnnys taste for alcohol and Aunt Sissys habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorceno one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans life lacked drama., When Johnny dies, leaving Katie pregnant, Francie, smart, pensive and hoping for something better, cannot believe that life can carry on as before. But with her own determination, and that
