Thursday, May 22, 2008

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith


If you haven't read this classic coming of age story yet, you absolutely must.  It is a story of a young Irish girl in Brooklyn at the turn of the century (the last century that is).  I love this book and it is one of my all time favorites.  A gem.

3 comments:

Nancy said...

I too thought this was a great book. I can't seem to get enough of growing up stories, or maybe every story has an element of becoming aware of the world around us.

Anonymous said...

This is one of my favorite books ever, of all time. I don't know why it is so great. It just is.

Mindi said...

I loved this book. I also recently read "The Glass Castle". It has a similar feel to it and I would recommend it as well.