Betty Smith, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN. Betty Smith.  First Edition. A pleasing copy of a classic American novel, and a rare first edition in jacket. [email protected] #atreegrowsinbrooklyn #bettysmith

" I know that's what people say... you'll get over it. But I know it's not true. Oh, you'll be happy again, never fear. But you won't forget. Every time you fall in love, it will be because something in the man reminds you of him." #bettysmith #aboutlove #him #polaroid #pola #analogue #color #fujifilm #instax #doubleexposure #self #portrait #selfie #wanderlust #female #filmphotography #analog #love #ishootfilm

A little Green room fun with the fabulous #BettySmith @bettesmithmusic and #rockstar @vurnt22 aka #VernonReid inside the beauty @citywinerynyc 🌇 Wonderful to perform with such talented musicians 🙏🏽 #rockandroll #jeffbecktribute #CityWinery #newyorkcity #Detroitblues #rocksinger #Detroitrock #bluessinger #songwriter #musiciansofinstagram #womenwhorock #womeninblues 💙 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnku9EpO7hT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

What makes a book tick? Especially a long one? Betty Smith's magnum opus skins your heart. There's a beautiful melody to it. And the reality of 1920's Brooklyn is a backdrop one is unwilling to shake. Francie Nolan is growing up & takes us along with her through the convoluted truths about her life that she discovers as her world expands. Her father is an alcoholic, her mother a scrubwoman and her brother the apple of her mother's eye. There was much to love about this story- foremost that Francie could claw her way out of that poverty because she was a reader. It helps she has a heart of gold. And she knows precisely what she deserves. The easy friendship between Francie & her brother, her & her father, Johnny Nolan, were particularly endearing. I love strong heroines. I like women doing well, breaking any kind of ceiling, or even just attempting to. Which is why Ms Nolan will stay with me for a long time and someone I will revisit again over the course of my life. All books come to us at the right time. I wish this fine one, with a name as poetic, had come to me sooner. If you liked this, read: •The Goldfinch •The Dutchouse •The Easy Life In Kamusari •The Glass Castle #delhibookstagrammer #delhireaders #atreegrowsinbrooklyn #bettysmith #indianreaders #indianbookstagram #bookstagramindia #booksbrat #booksaboutlife #neverwithoutabook #nevernotreading (at Delhi, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClBpKo_SliJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Author Betty Smith’s (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) Tomorrow Will Be Better reissues today and for the first time in audiobook. I read this so long ago and now I’m struck by its frank descriptions of marital problems and, surprisingly for a novel published in 1948, its inclusion of an asexual young man. #bettysmith #tomorrowwillbebetter #audiobookstagram #bookstagram #netgalleyaudio #readersofinstagram #caedmon #harpercollins #harperperennial https://www.instagram.com/p/CH_Eol-A2fN/?igshid=yrokirshvmzb