{"product_id":"a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-betty-smith","title":"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA MODERN CLASSIC · Named one of the books of the century by the New York Public Library\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 1902 to 1919 the Nolan family lives in the tenements of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, getting by on very little. Johnny is charming, musical and drinks too much; Katie scrubs floors and puts pennies into a tin-can bank nailed to the closet floor. Their children, Francie and Neeley, know more than their share of the hunger and hardship that come with being poor in a great city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is above all Francie's book. Imaginative, watchful and fiercely resourceful, she finds her way through it all by reading — a book a day from the public library — and by paying attention to everything. Like the tree of heaven that pushes up through the cement of the tenement yard, she keeps growing whatever the conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1943, Betty Smith's novel has never gone out of print. It is funny, unsentimental and deeply tender about family, poverty and the stubborn beginnings of a young woman's wisdom — one of the great American coming-of-age stories. The \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e said the story radiates life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBetty Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e (1896–1972) was born and raised in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the setting of \u003cem\u003eA Tree Grows in Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e, which drew heavily on her own childhood. A playwright and novelist, she also wrote \u003cem\u003eTomorrow Will Be Better\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMaggie-Now\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eJoy in the Morning\u003c\/em\u003e. The novel was adapted into a celebrated 1945 film directed by Elia Kazan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEdition details\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback, Penguin Random House UK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst published 1943\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52568814452952,"sku":"9780099427575","price":559.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9780099427575-jacket-large.jpg?v=1790518055","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-betty-smith","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}