Vintage 1943 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Betty Smith's beloved debut novel, first published in 1943, follows young Francie Nolan growing up in the tenements of Williamsburg, Brooklyn at the turn of the twentieth century. Tender, funny, and achingly true, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a portrait of a girl who loves books and dreams hard against the weight of poverty, an alcoholic father, and the rough beauty of immigrant New York. One of the most enduring coming-of-age novels in American literature — a treasured find in this vintage wartime edition for collectors of American fiction and literary classics.