A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick
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 alcohol and Aunt Sissy’s habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce—no one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans’ life lacked drama.
By turns heartbreaking and uplifting, the Nolans’ daily experiences are raw with honestly and tenderly threaded with family connectedness. Betty Smith has, in the pages of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, captured the joys of humble Williamsburg life—from “junk day” on Saturdays, when the children traded their weekly take for pennies, to the special excitement of holidays, bringing cause for celebration and revelry. Smith has created a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as deeply resonant moments of universal experience. Here is an American classic that "cuts right to the heart of life," hails the New York Times. "If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, you will deny yourself a rich experience."
© 2005 Caedmon (Ljudbok): 9780060856083
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 31 juli 2005
A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick
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 alcohol and Aunt Sissy’s habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce—no one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans’ life lacked drama.
By turns heartbreaking and uplifting, the Nolans’ daily experiences are raw with honestly and tenderly threaded with family connectedness. Betty Smith has, in the pages of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, captured the joys of humble Williamsburg life—from “junk day” on Saturdays, when the children traded their weekly take for pennies, to the special excitement of holidays, bringing cause for celebration and revelry. Smith has created a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as deeply resonant moments of universal experience. Here is an American classic that "cuts right to the heart of life," hails the New York Times. "If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, you will deny yourself a rich experience."
© 2005 Caedmon (Ljudbok): 9780060856083
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 31 juli 2005
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Johanna
6 okt. 2022
What a lovely piece of literature by Betty Smith. She succeeds in pulling us into what Brooklyn once was. Warm and familiar themes yet so foreign and distant. The setting and gallant characters stay in my heart.
Per
21 mars 2020
Väldigt fin historia men störande jazzmellanspel var femte minut.
Ken
28 sep. 2016
lyssnade bara en tredjedel utav den. uppläsaren är bra och den är bra skriven problemet ligger dock i att den ligger under fantasy/sci-fi och inte hade något som ens påminnde om det i den
Månika
18 jan. 2023
En bok som får en att känna "nej, snart är den slut, då får jag inte träffa dom mer".Jag kommer köpa den som bok och läsa om många gånger.
Eva
30 dec. 2020
Alldeles underbar!
Svea
18 dec. 2020
Fantastisk bok, fin och hoppfull skildring av hur barn med böcker och kärlek kan växa ur misär.
Carolina
28 okt. 2023
En läsupplevelse! Önskar på ett sätt att jag fortfarande hade den framför mig och skulle läsa boken för första gången :)
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