At our next meeting on November 11 we will discuss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. This book was selected as one of the Books of the Century by The New York Public Library. Here's a little background from Borders.com to peak your interest...
Description: A true American classic first published in 1943, this is the tale of a little girl living in the slums of Brooklyn, who dreamily watches out her window as a tree struggles to reach the sky.
Description: The American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century.
About the Author: Betty Smith was born Elisabeth Wehner on December 15, 1896, the same date as, although five years earlier than, her fictional heroine Francie Nolan. The daughter of German immigrants, she grew up poor in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, the very world she recreates with such meticulous detail in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Smith also wrote other novels and had a long career as a dramatist, writing one-act and full-length plays for which she received both the Rockefeller Fellowship and the Dramatists Guild Fellowship. She died in 1972.
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Y'all...I'm not done yet, but I'm loving this book! What a great commentary on America during this time, and how interesting to be reading during an election season. What do you guys think?
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