A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick The beloved American classic about a young girl’s coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century. From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for the often harsh life of Williamsburg demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family’s erratic and eccentric behavior’such as her father Johnny’s taste for alcohol and Aunt Sissy’s habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce’no one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans’ life lacked drama. By tur