so-soI can see the hype of this classic. It shows life in Brooklyn from a poor girl who watches a tree continue to grow through adversity. I didn‘t really get that till the ending 10% thou, as that‘s when it started getting going for me. I think it was a different psychology look than I‘m used to. Demon Copperhead vibes, but that everything is going right but it barely goes right.
pickI read this book for the first time as a freshman in hS. I‘ve read “A tree grows in Brooklyn” countless times since then, , usually around Christmas time. I look forward to it each year. It‘s a coming of age story of Francis Nolan. No matter where I am in life, it speaks to me in some way.
pickSuch a great book! Developmental periods & emotions captured so beautifully!
pickAt first it took me a while to connect to this book. I started it in May 2020 and finished it just now. I have a bittersweet feeling. Growing up poor but being just as fun and as motivated to search for a brighter future.
pickI first read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in my 20s when I discovered it on my grandparents bookshelf. It made a profound impact on me then. I read it again in my 30s as a new mom, at 40. Each time it's truth and poignancy struck me in a new way. So now that I am 50, I read it again. This time I listened to it on audible. It truly is a classic, and this time whether by change in age or medium, different characters resonated with me.
8 pages in... Ive heard this is a great book so I‘m going to press on.. but wow..
Maybe it‘s the recent climate that I‘m so aware of this... but the first 7 pages have boys only stores and the junk man gives an extra penny to the girls if he can pinch their cheeks after the trade. Gross... 🤮 I don‘t know how girls and women held back their rage!
#ReadJanuary A book everyone but you has read. I hope to read this by March!
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