A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [75th Anniversary Ed] (Perennial Classics) by Betty Smith by Smith, Betty

Available from Nook & Cranny Books when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick A special 75th anniversary edition of the beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century. From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn, New York demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family’s erratic and eccentric behavior—such as her father Johnny’s taste for alc