Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A

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Summary: Beautiful! Smith paints a stunning and timeless portrait..
Review: Never before has any literary charachter captured the essence of every girl...we are captivated by this novel because in a sense we are all Francie-with our longings, our hopes, our dreams and fears. Seeking to lose ourselves in an old, familiar book, savoring the warmth of a hot mug of coffee, relishing the flavor of everyday life...Smith does not merely describe life. She defines it.

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Summary: Unputdownable
Review: Wonderful!Wonderful!Wonderful!I felt sorrow,I cried for the characters,I'll always remember Francie Nolan and her family!!

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Summary: I find it hard to quantitatively rate a book so exquisite.
Review: When I was in college, I discovered that a neighbor of mine ALSO considered "Tree" to be her favorite book. We have been best friends still after many years. I have shared this book with friends and lovers who in turn have shared it with their friends and families. The "Tree" continues to grow. I recently found a library-bound edition to replace my old, dog-eared, lent-out-in-perpetua paperback. I wanted something durable to pass on to my kids someday -- kids who will no doubt grow up with Shakespeare, a pilfered Bible and Francie.

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Summary: READ THIS BOOK
Review: This book is the most amazingly touching piece of literature I have ever read. I am fifteen years old and have read this book twice. As a girl growing up, I can completely relate to Francie, despite how incredibly different our lives are. This book made me cry in places and sometimes filled me with such feeling that I was content to simply sit and think about it. I have recorded a few of the many delicious quotes and anecdotes and refer to them for anything I may be feeling. It is an amazing book that made me grow as a person. I suggest that every girl read this book.

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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read, I couldn't put it down
Review: This book was very moving. i read it everywhere I went. I just couldn't set it down! A GREAT book!

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Summary: THIS IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!!!!
Review: I am 13 years old, and i've already read this book 3 times!! The length and depressing periods could NOT in the slightest hold this story back!! I was amazed by the way that a full grown author like Betty Smith could show so perfectly what adolescent girls feel and think, and the anecdotes in the story stay with you forever and ever, The simple events like going shopping and searching for scrap metal makes being poor seem much more interesting than middle-class life, by FAR. I think every teenager should read this book for PLEASURE because it made me think in a totally different way than I ever had before.

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Summary: This is one of the best written books I've ever read.
Review: This book is one of the best books ever read. I believe that Betty Smith wrote this story very much like her own life. She may not have lived in Brooklyn, but she did live during the same time period. I believe it paralleled her own life. What she wrote was fabulous. Her uses of words is wonderful. She's one of my favorite authors now, and that says a lot.This book is about the life of a tiny girl in Brooklyn. She grows up with her brother, mother, father, and a baby sister in the poor section of Brooklyn. She grows up very well. She refuses to do badly in anything. She has a spark for life, a zest for it. She works hard to get the things she wants, including going to a good school, elementary and college. I admire her perseverence.

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Summary: Wow Baby!!!!
Review: This was an incredible book. I read a few of the reviews that criticized the sadness and the troubled personalities of the characters. Look, those people have not truly read the book. They read the outside meaning of this book. They didn't read in between the lines. To get the true experience of this book, the sorrow and the triumphs, you have to discover the beauty of reality. You have to look beyond the hardships and the personal anxieties. You have to look at Betty Smith's absolutly beautifully written American classic.

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Summary: My fathers favorite book
Review: I shared this book with my father, we talked about the caracters as if they were friends, and they were. When my father died I took our beat up copy to a bookbinder and had it rebond in leather with gold lettering. He couldn't believe I wanted to spend that kind of money on a 40 year old book club addition. It means that much to me. I reread it at least yearly, it is an old friend.

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Summary: I promise you will remember this book for a long time...
Review: I'm not as eloquent as the other readers here who have so enthusiastically recommended this book, but let me tell you; the surprise at Francie's graduation made me cry like a baby. Even as I write this I'm getting misty eyed.

(Don't tell anybody I said that!)