by Betty Smith · LUMEN · tapa dura · ISBN 9788426416780
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«Un árbol crece en Brooklyn» is Betty Smith's coming-of-age novel, published by Lumen in hardcover (512 pages, in Spanish).
Francie Nolan grows up in 1920s Brooklyn, in a poor family of immigrant origin. Between a dreamy father and a tenacious mother who holds the household together, the girl takes refuge in books and in a tree that grows in the cement. The novel portrays the Nolans' domestic life, their hardships, and Francie's determination to get ahead.
Originally published in 1943 as A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, it was adapted into a movie by Elia Kazan in 1944.
A read for lovers of classics and coming-of-age novels, with a portrait of family life and 1920s Brooklyn.
Betty Smith was an American playwright and novelist, who wrote the 1943 bestseller A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
