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sommerreading wrote 1 month ago: Today’s topic: books for girls.  I know.  There’s no such thing as books for girls.  Boo … more →

Tags: books for young adults, My Lit Teacher Hat, Katherine Paterson, Top 10 Books for Middle School Girls, speak !, Laurie Halse Anderson, What I Saw and How I Lied, Judy Blundell, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, by Betty Smith

New York wrote 1 month ago: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, October 2009, 7.5/10. Written by Better Smith.  P … more →

Tags: 7-5, American, Fiction, First Book, modern classic

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

subwaybookclub wrote 1 month ago: This book is absolutely enchanting.  It spoke to me on so many levels that I ripped through 500 page … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Book Review, Brooklyn

Read "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith Online Full

RandomizeME wrote 3 months ago: Browse Inside this book Get this for your site Book Description: The beloved American classic about … more →

Tags: book, Classic, E-BOOK, Freebies, Young-Adult, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, HarperCollins

PRESS: Coney Island Avenue - Review on TheaterMania.com

Sam Ghosh wrote 4 months ago: August 7, 2009 – Coney Island Avenue had a great review on TheaterMania.com! Reviews Coney Isl … more →

Tags: press, Theater, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Alan Jackson, Angela Bonacci, anjali vashi, Anna, Brooklyn, Charles Mee

A cupcake tree grows in Brooklyn1 comment

brooklynpix wrote 4 months ago: Cupcakes are in vogue at the moment, which I attribute to their general cuteness and handy single se … more →

Tags: Food, Brooklyn, Photography, Bay Ridge, cupcake, red velvet cake, food coloring, tree in brooklyn

Flashback Fridays: Literary Edition3 comments

Kate wrote 6 months ago: Today’s Flashback Friday is a meme of sorts that’s going around on Facebook. (Thanks, Ke … more →

Tags: julia child, Flashback Fridays, Sarah Vowell, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Laura Esquivel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Harper Lee, markus zusak, Alex Prud'Homme

"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith2 comments

Meagan wrote 6 months ago: I have to say that I really enjoyed this novel. I can see why it has been called timeless. Francie, … more →

Tags: Babblings, Books, Reviews, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Book Review

Fence trophy1 comment

brooklynpix wrote 7 months ago: First I saw the hooves. After that, the trophy head made sense. These fence adornments are remnants … more →

Tags: Misc, Art & Photography, Brooklyn, Photography, MTA, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Ailanthus, Tree of Heaven, trophy head

Books of 2009.2 comments

sorellaaglio wrote 7 months ago: I wanted to read 50 books by the end of the year. It’s almost been 6 months, and I am sorely b … more →

Tags: Reading & Read & Love, Reading, Nora Roberts, Alice Hoffman, maria escandon, Anchee Min

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

mwcdem wrote 7 months ago: Betty Smith Paperback, $14.95 HarperCollins 1943 493 pages I first read this American classic for a … more →

Tags: Reviews, Francie Nolan, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Brooklyn

11:03 pm

siemri wrote 7 months ago: It’s getting late (sort of). I’m bored. I think I’ll start a book tonight. I … more →

Tags: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Reading, Television

Book Review: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn7 comments

isimma wrote 8 months ago: A coworker (she’s really good at issuing nicknames to those she mentions on her blog, I shall … more →

Tags: Books, Growing Up, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, European

Top 10 Relevant Reads1 comment

jenecrit wrote 9 months ago: I wrote recently about the resurgence in popularity of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. I … more →

Tags: Active Lit, Favorites, Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, pearl buck, Shakespeare, Steinbeck, The Winter of our discontent, The Good Earth

Joy in the Morning5 comments

mystrygirl87 wrote 9 months ago: I read Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn years ago ( in middle school I generally looked … more →

Tags: Reviews, Memorable Books, Challenges, 9 for 09, What's in a name?

confrontation.2 comments

kendraw wrote 9 months ago: I’ve been doing this Beth Moore Bible study as of late, Breaking Free.  It’s my second a … more →

Tags: daily life, Faith & Politics, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Beth Moore, Breaking free, poverty, prejudice

A Good Read 2 comments

Cindy Tomczyk wrote 9 months ago: During these trying times, it’s a constant reminder to pay attention to the little things. For … more →

Tags: Inspiration, Life, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Reading, book

teachers that inspire3 comments

stacey wrote 10 months ago: every one has one, a favorite teacher, someone who made a difference in their lives. of course my fa … more →

Tags: Life in a small town., Jane Austen, Michigan, gratitude, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, ann arbor, the debutante divorcee

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)

raisand wrote 10 months ago: The beloved American classic about a young girl’s coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Be … more →

Tags: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peggy Ann Garner, James Dunn, Joan Blondell, Dorothy McGuire, Lloyd Nolan


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