Book
A tree grows in Brooklyn / Betty Smith ; with a foreword by Anna Quindlen.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780061120077
- ISBN: 0061120073
- ISBN: 0061120073
- ISBN: 9780061120077
- Physical Description: xi, 493, 16 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: 1st Harper Perennial Modern Classics ed.
- Publisher: New York : HarperPerennial, 2006.
- Copyright: ©1943
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | Young Francie Nolan, having inherited both her father's romantic and her mother's practical nature, struggles to survive and thrive growing up in the slums of Brooklyn in the early twentieth century. |
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| Subject: | Poor families > Fiction. Girls > Fiction. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction. Girls. Poor families. New York (State) > New York > Brooklyn. |
| Genre: | Bildungsromans. Domestic fiction. Fiction. Coming of age > Fiction. Domestic fiction. Bildungsromans. Domestic fiction. Bildungsromans. |
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Available copies
- 7 of 18 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven.
Holds
- 3 current holds with 18 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | F SMITH (Text) | 31953154041654 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
Author Notes
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith, December 15, 1896 - January 17, 1972 Betty Smith was born December 15, 1896, in Brooklyn, New York. She attended grammar school in Brooklyn, completing only the eighth grade. After leaving school at the age of fourteen, she worked in a factory, in retail and clerical jobs in New York City and eventually became a reader and editor for Dramatists Play Service, as well as an actress and playwright for the Federal Theater project and a radio actress. She attended the University of Michigan, from 1927 to 1930, as a special student. While attending the University of Michigan, some of her one-act plays were published, and she also worked as a feature writer for NEA (a newspaper syndicate) and wrote columns for the Detroit Free Press. She went on to Yale University Drama School, from 1930 to 1934. Smith became a member of the faculty of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, from 1945 till 1946. She was a member of the Authors League and the Dramatists Guild. Smith is perhaps best known for her work "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," which became an overnight success for the first time writer. She won the Avery and Jule Hopwood first prize of $1,000 in 1931; the Rockefeller fellowship in playwriting and Rockefeller Dramatists Guild playwriting fellowship while at Yale and the Sir Walter Raleigh award for fiction in 1958, for "Maggie--Now." Betty Smith died on January 17, 1972. (Bowker Author Biography)
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