Smith Betty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Named by the New York Public Library as "one of the books of the century", A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is the story of young, sensitive, and idealistic Francie Nolan — and her erratic, eccentric family — in the turn-of-the-century Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn.Originally published in 1943, this true American classic has sold millions of copies worldwide, and includes a foreword by Anna Quindlen.