A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick

A beautifully designed Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition of 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 Nolanneeded to be made of stern stuff, forgrowing up in theWilliamsburg slums of Brooklyn, New Yorkdemanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her familys erratic and eccentric behaviorsuch as her father Johnnys taste for alcohol and Aunt Sissys habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorceno one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans life lacked drama. By turns overwhelming, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the Nolans daily experiences are raw with honestly and tenderly threaded with family connectedness. Betty Smith has captured the joys of humble Williamsburg lifefrom junk day on Saturdays, when the children traded their weekly take for pennies, to the special excitement of holidays, bringing cause for celebration and revelry. Smith has created a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as deeply resonant moments of universal experience.Here is an American classic that "cuts right to the heart of life," hails theNew York Times. "If you missA Tree Grows in Brooklyn, you will deny yourself a rich experience."

The special edition includes French flaps, special cover effects, and deckle-edged paper.