{"product_id":"a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-a-novel-isbn-9780062096951","title":"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe beloved perennial classic—named as one of the books of the twentieth century by the New York Public Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrville Prescott has called this American classic “one of the most dearly beloved and one of the finest books of our day.” Indeed, when \u003cem\u003eA Tree Grows in Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in 1943, four printing plants were required to keep up with the demand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventy years later, readers are still fascinated by Betty Smith’s moving portrayal of the Nolans, a poor family living in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn. A poignant tale of childhood and the ties of family, \u003cem\u003eA Tree Grows in Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e will transport the reader to the early 1900s where a little girl named Francie dreamily looks out her window at a tree struggling to reach the sky.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThe beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty Smith's \u003cem\u003eA Tree Grows in Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e is a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people and incident. The story of young, sensitive, and idealistic Francie Nolan and her bittersweet formative years in the slums of Williamsburg has enchanted and inspired millions of readers for more than sixty years. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the daily experiences of the unforgettable Nolans are raw with honesty and tenderly threaded with family connectedness -- in a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as incredibly rich moments of universal experience.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A profoundly moving novel, and an honest and true one. It cuts right to the heart of life. . . . If you miss \u003cem\u003eA Tree Grows in Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e you will deny yourself a rich experience.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the books of the century.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Public Library\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Betty Smith was a born storyteller.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eA Tree Grows in Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e deserves to be thought of as one of the greatest American novels.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the most cherished of American novels….It is the Dickensian novel of New York that we didn’t think we had.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A poignant and deeply understanding story of childhood and family relationships....[Smith’s] book has light and air in it, comedy and pathos, and an underlying rhythm pulsing to the surge and flow of humanity itself. No matter what happens to the Nolans, they never lose their awareness of the sweetness and wonder of life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrville Prescott, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The quintessential New York immigrant novel, which underscored the power of education.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMin Jin Lee, The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889189220581,"sku":"NP9780062096951","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062096951.jpg?v=1730230712","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-a-novel-isbn-9780062096951","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}