Who wrote A Tree Grows in Brooklyn?

Betty Smith wrote A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, first published in 1943. It is a work of literary fiction and is rated 'Essential Read' in our catalogue.

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Essential Read

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Name: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Author: Betty Smith

by Betty Smith · 1943

Literary Fiction · ranked #211 in category

Francie Nolan grows up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the early 20th century — in a family defined by a charming, alcoholic father and a relentlessly practical mother, by poverty and by an extraordinary hunger for books and beauty. Smith's novel is one of the great American coming-of-age stories and a portrait of immigrant aspiration that never sentimentalises the struggle.

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