{"product_id":"a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-american-classics-edition-isbn-9780063484184","title":"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn American Classics Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“One of the most cherished of American novels. . . . It is the Dickensian novel of New York that we didn’t think we had.” \u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, HarperCollins is proud to present this library of American classics drawn from our storied catalog. \u003cem\u003eA Tree Grows in Brookly\u003c\/em\u003en is Betty's Smith's beloved novel about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century, growing up in the slums of immigrant New York, fortified by the love of her family and her own hunger to learn. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her Irish Catholic's family’s erratic and eccentric behavior—such as her father Johnny’s taste for alcohol and her Aunt Sissy’s habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce—no one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolan's life lacked drama. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns heartbreaking and uplifting, the Nolan's daily experiences are raw with honestly and tenderly threaded with family connectedness. Betty Smith details the joys and sorrows of a humble immigrant American life, creating 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 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e. \"If you miss \u003cem\u003eA Tree Grows in Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e, you will deny yourself a rich 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 Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48587976114405,"sku":"NP9780063484184","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063484184.jpg?v=1773959695","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-american-classics-edition-isbn-9780063484184","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}